Author Note
Hey, guys! I've decided to change the way I write. From now on, I'm going to write the author note last so I can concentrate on the story. It'll be the same to you guys, but future chapters might be up faster (I hope!) I'm also not going to write whole paragraphs in my author note unless you want me to. Thanks again to Nightcrawlerlover, Hollywood Angel and fire storm pixie for reviewing! The second part of this chapter sounds a little different to my usual style because... um... I actually have no clue why. Probably 'cause I'm tired. Ah well. Enjoy the next chapter!
Chapter Start
'Please! Please, please, please!'
Laddie tugged at Star's skirt.
'I really, really want to go back on the boardwalk! Can I, Star? Please? Just this once?'
No matter how much Star shook her head or refused, the boy still kept asking to go out and tugging at her skirt. After a long time, she sighed.
'How are you going to go out? I'm not going, and you're not going by yourself.' She said.
'Blanche could go with me!'
Blanche looked up, confused. What was Laddie trying to do? Of course, he was just a happy kid who wanted to go to the boardwalk. Maybe. He wasn't thinking of anything else, was he?
Star stared at Blanche for a minute.
'Do what you want.' She said. 'I'm not getting involved.'
'Yay!' Laddie ran over to Blanche and tried to untie her. With some great difficulty, pulling and yelling, Blanche was free. Slightly. Laddie had only pulled the rope from the wall, keeping her on a lead by the wrist. Walking through the cool night, they began to approach the comic book store. A broad grin appeared on Blanche's face.
'What the hell? He's not letting me go, is he? God, finally, some freedom!' She thought.
Laddie stopped and looked at her, his face simultaneously fearful and unhappy.
'You want to go back there, don't you?'
The look on his face practically broke her heart. She looked from him to the closed door. He clutched the rope tight, almost hugging it. The lights in the comic store faded as Laddie looked at the ground, sobbing. She lowered herself down to his level, hugging him.
'Hey.' She said, reassuring him. 'It's OK. It's alright.'
He put his hands around her neck. 'I don't want you to go. You just got here.'
She hugged him again. 'I'm not going anywhere if you don't want me to. 'Kay?'
She let him go. He stared at her, open mouthed.
'Really?!'
'Yeah. Hey, do you want some ice cream?'
Laddie's eyes lit up. 'You mean it?!'
'Sure!'
They made their way to the shop nearby. Luckily they were still a little busy and couldn't close. Laddie lingered at the door.
'What's wrong?'
He shrugged.
'Come in, Laddie. It's alright.'
He slowly walked in. Soon enough, they were sitting down with a bowl of ice cream each. They hardly said anything as they ate.
...
The familiar sounds and sights of a typical vampire movie flooded the small television screen. Alan was fast asleep beside him on the sofa, his head resting on his knuckles. A girl, a teen vampire hunter, appeared from behind a hill in the moonlight. Alan's head fell from his arm, jerking him awake. He shook his head to wake himself before staring at the screen. His younger brother's eyes didn't move from the screen, not once; For the young hunter was a girl they knew all too well.
'Strange.' He muttered. 'When she's here, her movies are never on. When she's missing, what should come on but one of her films? It's like she's always here.'
'You wish.' His brother grumbled.
The hunter - this wasn't Blanche; Just a character in someones mind that she had made real - advanced on a male vampire, the same age as her. For some bizarre reason he tried to kiss her; she kicked him where it hurt before driving a stake through his demonic heart. Blood flew in all directions.
'I bet it's nothing like that in real life.' Said Edgar.
'We'll find out. Sometime.'
'You ever seen this before?'
Alan nodded. 'One of her last films. Before meeting us, that is.'
There was an awkward pause.
'I miss her.' Edgar said.
Alan simply blinked.
'It's just that... Well, you know. You get used to people being there all the time and it just feels... Strange, when they're gone.'
His brother nodded again. 'Same here. it won't be like this for long, Edgar. We will find her.'
'And whoever, or whatever, has kidnapped her will get a stake driven through them.'
