Back Aches and Vampire Hotel.

When I woke up the next morning, I noticed I hadn't changed from my outfit from the night before, shoes included. I got up and instantly fell back down. My back was killing me. I sucked in a breath but knew I had to tough it up. Groaning inwardly, I got up and walked to Mikey's room.

"Mike!" I whisper yelled at him. Nothing happened.

"Michael!" I said again. Nothing. I sighed and walked over and flicked his ear. He shot up and looked around, when he saw it was only I who was in the room he instantly calmed.

"What is it Parker?" He asked, clearly annoyed I had awakened him from his much needed beauty sleep.

"My back…" I whined in return.

"Your back?" he asked, giving me a weird look.

"Yeah… Rookery kind of slammed me into the ground." I replied. He sat up all the way and gave me a shocked look.

"That guy is soo dead." He said, I shrugged, and he helped me up and we went downstairs. It was early in the morning so no one was up yet. He grabbed down all the pain medicine we had and our gigantic box of medical items.

"Oomph! What does your mom keep in here?" He grunted out, letting the box fall dead weight onto the table.

"An ambulance." I replied casually, inspecting my nails. We got me fixed up and continued getting ready for the day.

"Let's make everyone breakfast!" I exclaimed suddenly. Mikey looked up from his unfinished homework in surprise.

"Huh?" he asked.

"Breakfast. Let's make it. Come on!" I exclaimed. He looked at me weirdly but got up anyway and proceeded to help me with breakfast.

"Oh! What's this?" Mom asked.

"I woke up early and was bored." I replied simply. She nodded in understanding. Austin, Tony and Dad came down the stairs and walking into the kitchen.

"Who made breakfast?" Dad asked.

"Mike and Parker." Mom replied. I saw the confused look he gave my mother but I didn't say anything. After we finished breakfast, we kids left for school, Dad left for work, and Mom did whatever she does at home. After school, Tony burst into the car with a very big book.

"Guys! Look!" He exclaimed excitedly, I noticed it was all about Scottish crests.

"That's a big book.." Mikey stated.

"Tony! This is great!" I exclaimed. We were one step closer to finding the crest and that's all that mattered.

"That is one big book!" Mike said again, we ignored him.

"I know!" He agreed. When we arrived home, we went and sat at the table, Tony began flipping through the book as Mike, Austin, and I did our homework. Mom was making tea and Dad was doing stuff for work.

"Afternoon tea." Mom stated cheerily, setting it on the table.

"No thanks. I don't like tea." Austin said.

"Oh! But Austin, it's so civilized." Mikey exclaimed in a terrible sounding British accent. I looked at him, he was holding his cup with his pinky sticking out. He took a sip and made a disgusted face. He spit the drink back into the cup and began to wipe his tongue with a napkin, causing me to laugh.

"Yeah, that's civilized all right." I said. He shot me a look before throwing the wadded up napkin at my face. I stuck my tongue out at him. We are so mature. Mom took the napkin and cups from us and went to get us different drinks.

"Dad, stags are deer with horns right?" Tony asked, pointing to a stag on one the crests.

"Male deer, yeah. Lot's of Scottish crests have them. It means they came from hunter." He replied.

"Lots?" We all chorused worriedly. My parents looked at us as if we were aliens. Really, what's with all the looks today?

"Yeah. Why all of a sudden interested in crests kids?" Mom asked, taking her seat at the table after handing Austin his soda.

"Well, Mikey and I have a project due and we have to find a certain crest." I replied.

"Well look. Lord McAshton has stags on his crest." Dad said, handing Tony a piece of paper from work. Tony's eyes grew wide and he showed us the picture. IT WAS THE CREST! Yes! We found it!

"This is great!" I exclaimed, I high-fived the boys.

"Hey Dad. Can we come to work with you tomorrow?" I asked, pointing to myself and the 2 boys.

"I don't see why not. It's Saturday." He replied.

"Great! Thanks Daddy!" I exclaimed, hugging him. He laughed and hugged back, then the three of us ran upstairs to Tony's room.

"Okay. So tonight after everyone goes to bed, we'll go to the graveyard and tell the Sackville-Bagg's we found the crest." I informed them as we sat in the room.

"All right." Tony replied.

"Sounds like a plan to me." Mike agreed. I nodded again and walked out to my own room. My pain killers were beginning to wear off so I probably should get some more into my system before we go back to the cemetery. I had a bad feeling something was going to happen. I got changed out of my school outfit and into more comfortable clothes. I then went and got my pain medicine. After I was done, I waited impatiently for the darkness to come. I wasn't sure why I was so eager to get back to the place where one person tried to eat me and another wants nothing to do with us.

"Parker? You ready?" Mikey's voice pulled me from my thoughts. I looked over at him, slightly confused.

"It's dark. And Aunt Dottie and Uncle Bob are in bed." He replied, pointing out my window. I looked towards it and saw it was indeed dark. I checked my phone and saw it was nearing 10 at night.

"Wow." I muttered.

"Give me a second, I need to change." I continued, gesturing to my pajamas. I hopped out of bed and quickly changed into a pair of jeans and put on my boots. I kept my tank top on and pulled on a sweater before grabbing my phone and iPod and walking out the door. We crept down the stairs and out the door. As we walked, I bopped along to my iPod. Right now, it was currently playing My Immortal and I was singing along to it.

"Funny isn't it Parker? Gregory is your immortal." Mikey chuckled. I glared at him.

"He is not!" I exclaimed. My cousin just laughed. We made it to the cemetery in time to see Rookery lowering the poor cemetery keeper into a hole. I took note that it was the same hole where Tony, Mikey, and I fell into the night before. Just like Narnia, it seemed as if we couldn't go back the same way.

"Guys! Let's go the other way." I told them, we walked quickly and silently to the other entrance. Once inside, we searched for the vampire family. When we found them, it wasn't good. Rookery had sent a giant light into the tunnel. Tony gasped, Mikey and I looked on horrified as the family of vampires attempted to shield themselves from the light. Fredrick stood tall, with his arms stretched out in order to help protect the family. Tony grabbed a rock and threw it at the light, it shorted out and Rookery pulled it out.

"Hey!" I heard him call. I laughed a bit but stopped when I remembered the reason we came here in the first place.

"You'll be happy to know that we found out who the crest belongs too!" Mikey exclaimed, all their eyes were upon us in seconds save for Fredrick who seemed almost comatose.

"It's Lord McAshton's." I said.

"Our father's boss! The stone must be at his house!" Tony explained happily. When the family said nothing, he continued.

"Did you hear us sir?" Tony asked him. Fredrick looked at him. The tall vampire that still intimidates me, now looked very weak…. But still very scary.

"You barely saved my life." He said finally,

"He's very weak." Freda added.

"We know just what you need!" I exclaimed, thinking of the same place we had taken Rudolph before. We led the family to the barn and I was very surprised to see there were vampire cows. Then I was trying very hard not to laugh at Gregory who wore a straight jacket and a muzzle. After the family was done drinking from the cows, Fredrick, who looked so much better being back to his very scary looking self, announced:

"I need a place to hide you children."

"You could stay at our house!" Tony piped up. Mikey squeaked. He was still scared of Gregory.

"Tony! Come on man. Be reasonable… They're vampires." He said.

"Yes! We need darkness, dampness, and decay!" Fredrick exclaimed.

"You need our cellar." I said. Mikey glared at me. I just rolled my eyes and we led the family to our home. After checking to make sure neither of my parents were up and about, we showed them to the basement, a place I wasn't too fond of.

"Here you are." I said, gesturing to the entire place.

"Sorry it's not much." Tony added.

"It's perfect. Thank you!" Freda exclaimed, she helped Fredrick sit down in a chair and he was out like a light.

"And don't worry. We're on it." Tony told her, she turned and gave us a confused look.

"On what?" She asked.

"Finding the amulet mother. That's the way us kids talk today." Rudolph explained. Freda nodded and went to sit in the chair. I caught sight of Gregory in his straight jacket and muzzle in a basket and stifled a giggle.

"Night dude." Tony said,

"Night dude." Rudolph replied, they high-fived. This scene caused me to giggle uncontrollably, but I didn't bother trying to hide it. It was just so odd.

"Have a good days sleep!" Mikey called behind him as he sprinted upstairs. I laughed and followed after him and Tony after me. We shut the cellar door quietly and went upstairs, after putting Tony to bed Mikey and I went to my room.

"God! This place has turned into a vampire hotel!" He hissed. I laughed and began looking for pajamas.

"Calm down. Why are you freaking out?" I asked him

"Freaking out? Who's freaking out? I am most certainly not freaking out!" He said back, I looked over at him and saw him looking around nervously.

"Yes! What was I thinking? You're completely relaxed." I said. He nodded.

"Just go to bed and sleep, you'll be fine." I said. He nodded and walked out of my room. But before he did, he turned and said.

"If your boyfriend kills me in the night. I'm haunting you first." He said in a dead serious tone. I laughed and shook my head. He left the room and shut the door. I changed into cheer shorts and threw my hair into a sloppy bun at the top of my head. I put my iPod on its dock and turned it down low and began dancing around to I Like It by Enrique Iglesias, all of a sudden the music changed and a strong hand grasped mine and spun me into their chest. I looked up to see….

"Gregory!" I gasped out. He smirked down at me. I could have sworn he had a muzzle and a straight jacket on last time I saw him.

"How did you get out?" I asked him.

"I have my ways." He replied. I had a feeling Anna might have let him out. We continued our dance until he dipped me and I flinched.

"What's wrong?" He asked, straightening me upright. He went into protective mode fast.

"Rookery just slammed me into the ground that's all. It's no big deal." I replied. Gregory snarled.

"He's a dead man!" He hissed. I laughed.

"Don't worry. I'm fine." I soothed him.

"Are you sure?" He asked, I nodded at him with a smile. He smiled back. I felt my face flush and I looked away. All of a sudden, a yawn escaped me.

"Are you tired?" He asked me. His concern was touching, and very surprising. I wonder if it's a trick. Get me all comfortable and sleepy, then BAM drink my blood. Just like they do with those poor cows.

"A little bit." I replied. Yet again another yawn came out. Gregory led me over to my bed and put me down, and pulled the covers over me.

"Parker, I came up here to explain something to you." He said, sitting on the edge of my bed. I gave him a confused look. He began to say something but stopped. He did this a few times before finally saying.

"If you are ever in any trouble. Just whistle and I will hear you." He said. I nodded in understanding.

"Do you know how to whistle?" He asked. I shook my head no. He chuckled softly and whistled a really pretty tune. I attempted to whistle, but I failed. He smiled and placed his hand on my face and pursed my lips. I tried to whistle again, only to fail miserably. He smiled at me and leaned closer. I felt his icy breath on my face and my heart sped up. He leaned in, as if to kiss me, but at the last minute he placed a gentle kiss on my forehead. His lips were freezing cold, to say the least. But I liked it.

"Goodnight Parker." He whispered, I felt my eyes grow heavy and I was out within seconds.

Chapter 4 is done, (: I know it sucked, but there was more Gregory. Still own nothing but my OCs.

Much Love,

Rhey(: