"Free me, Corey."
The pain, the intensity, the desperate hope behind those simple words seemed to reach out and take hold of me and I closed my eyes against the sudden knowledge that I truly was the only one in this world who could give him that freedom. And just like I saw the world around me with the new and crystal clearness of my vampiric senses, so also did I see the man now kneeling before that great cross with a new clarity. It was frightening and bewildering but yet, for the first time in my life, I knew, without a doubt, why I was alive.
My reverie was interrupted as I heard his hypnotic voice call my name.
"Come, Corey." I looked up and saw he was now standing and holding out his hand to me. I felt my feet move almost of their own volition towards him. I took his outstretched hand and was pulled into his arms and he kissed me. It was everything I had ever thought a kiss should be. It was tender, passionate, utterly compelling. I would never have thought him capable of such a thing if I were not experiencing it firsthand. I wanted to deepen it, see what other unexpected responses I could elicit. I raised my hand to his head, just barely touching him.
His hair feels like silk.
I had only made this observation before he raised his head, his eyes glowing red for but a moment and I wondered briefly if my own now did the same.
"Let us feast." And he led me towards the now open French doors and - uh-oh - they had Corey Haim tied and apparently ready to be the sacrificial lamb. "I couldn't! I will NOT!" My mind was screaming at me and I felt the panic rising up within me. Corey Haim was my friend! My best friend! I WOULD NOT destroy him! And I would allow no one else to destroy him either.
Some of my chaotic feelings must have escaped me because I suddenly felt HIS eyes upon me, questioning me. I unexpectedly saw my chance to avoid this and turned, burying my face against his chest and grasping onto his coat.
"I can't touch him!" I growled in a whisper fiercely. "I don't WANT to touch him!"
"Oh, come on Corey," I heard Lucy say, almost sweetly. She whispered, "We saved him just for you."
She smiled, but her smile then turned to shock when I growled,
"Get your filthy hands off the Haimster! He's my friend!"
Lucy, Solina and Valerie were in shock as was Dracula. The Haimster looked up at me and smiled, his trademark that would bring a girl to her knees, and I returned it.
"Friends?" said Lucy. She looked confused. "But…vampires don't have friends."
"That's what you think," I snapped. "But the Haimster and I will always be friends, until the day we pass away from this life…unless, of course, he wants to become a vampire, too." Here I looked at the Haimster, who smiled still. Then I held out my hand to him.
Instantly the ropes holding him prisoner fell off and disappeared, and he got up and walked over to me. Then as the Brides and Dracula looked on in shock, he took my hand in his, and we embraced like the brothers we seemed to be.
You live with a halo round your head,
This time you're leaving.
This place where the walls are painted red,
Freedom is what you need.
But if the world should ever fall apart around you,
And if you're lost and barely breathing,
I will find you,
And carry you back home.
I won't forsake the only love I ever known,
When you're out there on your own.
Dark clouds they surround you in the sky,
Rain falls when you're sleeping.
When you're past the point of no return.
I will take away the hurt.
And if the world should ever fall apart around you,
And if you're lost and barely breathing,
I will find you,
And carry you back home.
I won't forsake the only love I ever known,
When you're out there…
Dracula and the Brides looked on in shock as we broke apart.
"Haimster, it's good to see you again, my friend," I said.
"Likewise, Felddog," he replied, smiling still.
And I will wait,
However long it takes,
Til you realize what you have been searching for,
Was right here all along.
Eh…yea…
When you lost the only light you had to guide you,
And you're cold and barely breathing,
I will find you.
And carry you back home,
I won't forsake the only love I ever known,
When you're out there on your own.
And if the world should ever fall apart around you,
And if you're lost and barely breathing,
I will find you,
And carry you back home.
I won't forsake the only love I ever known,
When you're out there on your…
When you're out there on your own.
Then we turned to the four, and that's when it happened.
The Haimster opened his mouth, and then hissed like a cat. The Brides and Dracula were taken aback at the pair of fangs in his mouth.
"You're one of us, too," said Dracula shakily.
"You tricked us!" said Lucy, shocked.
I nodded. "And he did a very excellent job!"
"Of course," said the Haimster. Then his trademark "cute smile" was back on.
"I love him like a brother!"
The three women froze. "Oh, no," Valerie said, defeated. "I knew this would happen. You have to continue the blood line!"
"No, I don't. In fact, I could care less about the blood line!"
Corey watched me, glaring at my makers. Did he just say he loves me like a brother?
"What do you plan to do then? Leave? Take him with you and just go?" asked Dracula.
"The thought had crossed my mind."
Solina looked at my face. "You're serious!"
I nodded. "I am. I'm going to take the Haimster with me and forget Traditions and flocks. We'll start our own."
With that, I hissed one last time, called back "Don't forget to send me an e-mail!" then flew off with the Haimster.
And so it began. I found a castle that was made all of gold. But it needed a name. So we called it "Casa de Coreys". A few days later, we had our first party. I had very severely stated that no alcohol was to be served. Luckily the servants heeded my command. And I have to admit, they did a pretty good job.
