A/N: Once upon a time, this story was put on hold...GASP! I know what you're thinking, it's probably like: "She finally got off her little break from this story! OMG!" Yes, well, when my internet was down, I decided to write this. Of course, I didn't post it for awhile *dodges object launched by Hira* but it's here now! So quit being mad at me *cough cough hira* and start reading the damn chapter! - Sam
Bill
I gave him a questioning look. "Alex never mentioned a William..."
"Sis, we don't have time for this. Escape now, question later!" Ella hissed, while grabbing my arm. "Lead the way, William!"
William lead the way out, occasionally pulled Ella, which then in turn pulled me too, just in time for the entire place to blow up. I turned back and looked up, with wide eyes. "Holy shit."
Ella didn't even bother scolding me the swearing, she was too busy staring at the now large fire, eyes widened with horror. "Danny and Juanita are still inside there!" She cried.
"Yeah, that wasn't me." William said, staring at the fire with a bored expression.
I felt bad for Danny and Juanita. I truly didn't think they deserved to be blown to smithereens. But the question is, who did it?
"It was your precious Alex that did it." Jake said, coming out of the forest. Please tell me he didn't just read my mind...wait no, that would be Alex, and he can't even read my mind. Nevermind, it's all good!
Alex came out from the other side of the forest, therefore putting William, Ella and I in the middle. "No one was speaking to you, mongrel."
"Alex, it's very rude to-" Ella started, trying to regain herself, but then she received Alex's death glare and shut up, returning her gaze to the fire. Okay so it's not so good.
I turned on Alex. "You did this." I accused.
"To save you." Alex said and Jack appeared next to him and cleared his throat. Alex rolled his eyes. "And your sister."
John came out and stood next to Jake. "Well you didn't have to blow up the entire building to do so." John stated.
Jack's eyes narrowed. "We didn't ask for your opinion, mutt."
John smirked. "We never said we cared, leach."
Ella looked back and forth between the two of them, more confused than ever. "Why do you guys call each other that?"
"Oh because Jack is a vampire and John is a werewolf. This is common behavior, while there may be no war, we just don't like each other." William filled her in. Oh it's really not good. And William is...a vampire too...shit...
Ella fainted. Yup, passed out. In the middle of a field. With a burning building in the background. And while Jack and John argued about who's fault it was for William spilling the beans, William picked up my sister so she wouldn't be on the ground.
Feeling that she was safe for the moment, I turned to my own dilemma. "Okay, you two idiots, let's clear this up. Alex blew up the building correct?"
"Correct." Alex confirmed.
"Without checking to see if you and Ella were inside." Jake added.
"You what?"
Alex glared at Jake. "We didn't need to check, we already knew they were out of the building. It's a vampire thing, you wouldn't get it."
"Thank God for that."
"Enough!" I exclaimed. "Alex blew up with the building..." I said, trying not to scream the last part, "...without the checking."
"Yes." They both said, before glaring at each other.
I turned to Jake. "Why are you here?"
"I came to look for you. I was worried." He said, meaning every word. Yeah because if his fiance dies, the kingdoms will start a war rather than unite. And honestly, I doubt my kingdom would win since his is made up of all these werewolves.
"You shouldn't of let her out of her sight, you fucking idiot, you must of known she had people after her! Especially when her father hired bodyguards!" Alex pointed out, pissed off for God only knows why.
"Well he hired shit ones, didn't he? Because you were going to blow her up!"
"I knew she wasn't in there! You know that!"
"No I don't! You're fucking crazy!"
As they fought, I zoned out for awhile. Until I heard them start to say that I was going to choose one of them, and right now I was furious with both, while Jack and John were fighting about who Ella would choose as they both tried to get her from William. Then, an idea hit me.
I smiled and ran over to William, leaving Alex and Jake behind. They didn't notice I was gone and probably wouldn't until I actually left. "Hey, I know my sister. Jack and John...go fight it out or something."
"Violence isn't necessarily the answer..." Jack trailed.
John rolled his eyes. "Says you." He said, as he started to circle Jack. Jack automatically went in a defensive posture, eyes never leaving his opponent.
William offered me my sister, taking my attention away from all the fighting. "Take her. I'm going to get out of here."
I shook my head. "Take us with you. I can't stand being here."
William looked at me for a minute, as he had a battle within himself on whether or not he should take us with him. The side that favored what I wanted won, "Follow me." I did and it lead us to a motorcycle.
"Uh how is this going to fit the three of us?" I asked.
"Well you and your sister are small. I'll hold your sister on my back and can work the pedal to make it go...but you'll have to be in front steering."
I grinned, wicked excited, "Sweet!"
I hopped on eagerly and William hesitantly followed, most likely second guessing his own choice. Because really, a princess who's never driven anything in her life, steering a beautiful motorcycle like this, is a stupid idea. If I'm being honest, I'm probably gonna crash and severely injure us all. Who cares? Let's do this!
The minute William was on and securely held onto Ella he asked, "Are you ready? Do you have a firm grip? Do you know where the break is?"
I nodded enthusiastically, when really I wasn't paying any attention.
He took a deep breath. "Okay... let's get this over with." Then we were speeding off! I was so surprised at the sudden quickness, I almost squeezed the handles (and apparently the break is on one of them) but then William yelled at me so I didn't, I just focused on the road and steered. It was super fun! It would have been more fun if William hadn't kept repeating, 'Holy shit, this chick is going to ruin my bike and kill all of us', over and over.
Anyways, I knew it was all done when William said, "Wow, you actually can listen and take directions. Score for the princess." He put his hand over mine and gently squeezed the brake, making a smooth stop.
I looked up, smiling. "Wow, you can actually give a compliment. Score for the vampire."
He smirked. "Just get off my bike."
"Pushy." I said, while getting off. William took my sister off his back and positioned her over his shoulder so he had one free hand. He got off the bike and put up the kick stand. "Follow." He ordered, leading me up the dirt driveway to a door of a small, dark green house.
"Where are we?" I asked, curiously.
"My house." He said, getting the keys out of his pocket and then unlocking the door. William motioned for me to come in. "It's located geographically on the border of Terabithia and Sohania." Sohania is a neighboring kingdom. And no, it isn't Jake's. It's a peaceful kingdom that is in the middle of our two kingdoms.
"Oh. Well thank you very much for helping my sister and I out." I said softly, as William layed my sister on his couch. "Don't get me wrong, I'm thankful and all, but why did you do it?"
For the first time since I was rescued by him, I actually got to take a good look at William. He had dark brown hair, that wasn't long enough to reach his eyes, but was sort of wavy. His eyes were blue, but not like Jack's, they were darker, like mine use to be when I was little. He was tall like Alex, but you could see his muscles more clearly, while Alex's you could only see when he was actually fighting. I mean Alex's were always there, trust me I felt them I would know, but William's were very visible. William is hot...
Well, he is a vampire. Should I be surprised at this point? Regardless, something in his eyes told me that he didn't save me for the hell of it, he has his own reasoning. There's a lot about him I don't know. But now I'm curious and want to...
"Well? Are you going to answer me?" I asked.
William sighed. "Can't you just pretend I did it to be a helpful guy?"
"No."
"Whatever. Do you want something to eat or drink? This is going to be a long story."
This caught me by surprise. A vampire actually eating food? Alex didn't even know what it was until I told him. "You eat food?"
He rolled his eyes. "I could. It would taste like shit now, but I could. However I have a feeling that's not why you're asking that, so I'll answer what you really want to know. I use to be human you know. So I know what's good and I buy it for my guests."
Oh. Wow, he use to be human? Why did he change? Does he like his new life? Or does he miss his old one? Who are these guests? How often are they over? How did he know what I wanted to ask? Does he have a cool power too? Why would food taste like-
"You need to stop thinking a million questions at once."
I pointed at him accusingly. "Mind reader!"
William chuckled. "No, I could see it in your eyes, Sarah. I don't have an extra power or anything, only born vampires get those. It's something you're born with."
I slumped, deflated. "That's lame."
He shrugged. "I don't care, I outsmart most vampires anyways. It's how I make a living."
Another million questions rushed through my head, but I wasn't sure which one to ask first. So I just looked at him, hoping he'd explain more.
William smiled. "Don't worry, I'll tell you about how I make a living. It actually involves why I rescued you and then let you and your sister come to my humble abode."
I sat down on the floor, ready for story time. William sat at the end of the couch, near my sisters feet. "You ready for the story?"
I nodded my head enthusiastically.
"After I was turned into a vampire and had come to terms with it all, I had to figure a way to fit into the community. I wasn't born one so I didn't have money or any of that, so I would need a job. As a human, I was a cop so I thought that would be a good idea as a vampire. Unfortunately, there are no cops for vampires. There are government officials...and then secret agents."
"Like undercover work?" I verified.
"Exactly."
"Vampires have rules?"
He snorted. "Of course. They can't let their identity known, they are to protect royal humans such as yourselves, not kill in mass numbers for the game, only can kill someone for blood and if they do that they can't get a paycheck from the government, etc. Pretty simple things. But you know, vampires are very greedy. They like making humans into blood whores, starting wars, stuff like that. The other races are guilty of doing the same thing too-"
"Other races?"
"Yup. Werewolves, warlocks, witches, nymphs, shape shifters, fairies, all that good stuff. We're all in peace with one another as of now. Each race has their own government, and each government has representatives in the major government of all mythical creatures. My job is part of that major government, only in the lowest branch. If I get wind of anything suspicious, I go check it out. If their conspiring, I can kill them. If they have a chance to be changed, I take them in to jail."
My mind started spinning with all this new information, "What does this have to do with me?"
"That's the thing really, it doesn't. It has to do with Alex."
I gave him a confused look.
"See, Alex's mother was murdered. He thought he knew who it was and hired me to investigate. And I did but when I got to the end of the line, it was a friend of mine. And the murder was an accident."
"How do you know it was an accident?"
He gave me a look. "I was talking to the guy as a friend, not as an undercover cop. This guy was a human that killed a vampire. He killed her out of fear, because he saw her feed off someone and freaked out. Our laws are to protect humans, ones that aren't hunters. And he wasn't a hunter, just a scared guy."
"Oh. Well what happened to your friend who killed Alex's mom?" I asked.
"I let him go. He was only visiting anyways and he was really shaken up. I told him not to worry about it and not to say a word, that in time it would all go away. I've heard from him once since, he actually just got married and is happy."
"Well what about Alex? How did he react when you told him?"
William rolled his eyes. "Oh he was just jumping for joy when I told him I let the guy go." He said, sarcastically. "No, really, he was livid. My superiors backed me up, he tried to fight us all, his whole family was sentenced to live in your kingdom. As punishment for questioning their authority, he was sent to protect your castle because at the time some vampires had come up with this idea that a family turned into vampires would be perfect rulers for a human kingdom, because they could feed whenever."
Alex protecting me...was a punishment?... "Oh."
"Mhm. So ever since Alex and I have been enemies. And I overheard him worrying about you as I was passing through, which is kind of funny because the person I was going to see was actually your fiance-"
"Woah, woah. Back up. You were going to talk to Jake?" I asked, on guard.
He nodded. "He had called my superiors asking for someone to go undercover. He believes you're bodyguard has a thing for you. Which he does. But I have a feeling you already know that."
"Well you can't take that job. I've just compromised you. We've been talking and you've told me your job and everything. You can't kill Alex." I reasoned, trying not to freak out. No, no, no! He can't do this to me! He just saved me and yes Alex has been an asshole today but I don't want him dead!
"Relax! If you didn't interrupt my story, you would've known that it was on my way to see your fiance I overheard Alex. Then I changed my mind." I wonder what Alex was saying...
I sighed in relief. Then I kicked his foot. "Start with that next time, jerk."
He smirked. "But it was fun to see you squirm."
I rolled my eyes. "Continue with your story."
"Right. Okay, so I changed my plan because I don't want to kill Alex. And-"
"Wait, you hate Alex. Why don't you want him dead?" I interrupted. Don't get me wrong, I don't want him dead. But I find it odd that William doesn't want him dead if he hates him so much...
William sighed. "Why would I want him dead? I can't piss him off if he's dead. Death is the easy way out. I'm going to make his life hell. Is that really so hard to get?" Wow that's...not very comforting.
"No." I mumbled.
"Good. Now stop interrupting me." I opened my mouth to say something but he spoke before I could, "Or else you don't get to hear the rest."
I shut my mouth and leaned back. "Good girl. Anyways, I didn't want to kill Alex, but I wanted to piss him off. So I listened and found out Jake, the person I was going to be seeing, had you in his care. So I decided to go pay a little visit, so I could befriend you just for the hell of it. However, before I could get there I smelt two humans and two vampires with hunter blood. I decided the fun could wait and went to check it out. With my luck, it just so happened that you and your sister were there, and exactly who I was looking for. Well you, not your sister. Alex doesn't care too much for her."
"How do you know he cares for me?"
"Hey can I finish ever? Can I finish?" He asked.
I paused, waiting for him to finish. "Okay I'm finished." William said, happily.
I couldn't help but smile, his happiness was contagious. "So you saved me just to bother Alex, because you and him have this fued. That's great and all. But why save me?"
William rolled his eyes. "You aren't that observent. That guy is smitten with you. Anything that came out of his mouth was about you. In this case, mostly worrying. But nonetheless, all about you."
My cheeks burned. "Oh." Alright, new topic, I don't wanna know anymore.
He looked at me curiously. "Are you-"
"Sarah?" Ella called weakly from the couch. "Sarah, are you there? Where are we?"
I got up and stood over her. "Right here. And we're at William's house."
She sat up. William didn't move, just watched us. "Why are we here, sis?"
I tried to think of a way to put this lightly so she wouldn't faint again. In the midst of my thinking, William decided to just put it bluntly, "To get you two away from the vampire versus werewolf fight about to break out."
And of course, she passed out. Again.
I smacked his arm. "Look what you did!"
"So what? Sleep is good. You should try it sometime, maybe you'd be less annoying."
Oh he did not just go there. "Well at least my name isn't William. That's almost as bad as Bill." I said, with an eye roll. "Hey...you know what, Bill would be improvement. I'm calling you Bill."
He frowned. "No you aren't."
"Yes I am, Bill."
He stood up, trying to be intimidating. "Sarah, no."
I smiled. "Why not, Bill?"
Bill groaned. "That's it, I'm taking you back to your fiance. He can deal with you. Him or your loverboy, I don't care really, you just aren't staying here treating me like this."
I laughed. "Like what? I just gave you a nickname."
"Yeah, a sucky one."
"Hey! I like it for you!"
"Well I don't!"
"Sucks for you, Bill. Go ahead and take me and my sister back, I'm still calling you Bill."
"You can't call me Bill if you don't see me." He pointed out.
I pouted. "But I like talking to you. You're the only one who doesn't treat me like royalty. Well aside from Alex and his family. But they don't count because-"
"You care about them and they care about you. While I don't care about you and you don't care about me." He interrupted.
"Exactly. And who's the interrupterer now?"
He smirked. "Still you. I just finished your sentence."
I smiled. "Whatever. Can we be friends?"
Bill started to think and I could see that he was seriously having a tough time deciding. I know how to tip this to my favor...
"It'll piss off Alex..." I trailed.
Bill gave me a curious look. "How?"
I smiled evilly, "Do you honestly think Alex would be okay with the guy he hates befriending the girl he's romantically involved with?" Okay, so romantically involved is putting it lightly. Intense make-out sessions and getting to know each other is more than romantically involved. It's like he's mine and I'm his. You know...just without the titles.
Bill grinned. "I like the way you think, oh annoying one."
I held out my hand, my smile in place. "So it's a deal, Bill?"
He shook my hand. "Yes."
*Alex's POV*
The stupid wolf bit into my shoulder, but I refused to show that it hurt. I flung him off my back and into a tree. With lightning speed I ran, picked him up and slammed him back into that tree. "Still think I can't take care of Sarah?" I hissed.
All I got for a response was a growl.
"Alex, let him go." My brother said, trying to pull me back.
"Jake, when he lets go, don't do something stupid. Just phase back." John ordered. What the hell is going on here? Why are they agreeing?
Regardless of whatever crazy shit they were on, I wasn't about to let this stupid bastard go. I'm sick of him. Jack knew this, so he electrocuted me. Nice brother, right? On the brighter side Jake got electrocuted too...
I let the mutt go and backed away. "Where's Sarah?" I asked, still not taking my eyes off my opponent because he might attack.
John, the other stupid dog, blocked my view. "He's not going to do anything. We're leaving, just like the princesses did. They left awhile ago, I think, so we're going to go back to our home where they probably are. Goodbye."
I just glared after them. I contemplated listening to what they were thinking, but soon came to the realization that I didn't want to know. So I didn't. I just waited until they were gone and turned to my brother, "Do you think they're safe?"
"Alex, your good friend William disappeared too. Do you think that's good?"
My eyes darkened. "He better not have-"
"He works with the government. He wouldn't harm them." Jack pointed out, being the smart annoying one.
"Still. I hate him."
He rolled his eyes. "What don't you hate?"
I never had time to respond, because I'm pretty sure it was a rhetorical question but hey you never know, when Jack started the walk home. I ran ahead, not looking forward to future encounters with those dogs, or stupid William coming back.
There's a long, dark road ahead of me...
A/N: Ta da! I have another chapter ready, so review review review and I'll post it :) - Sam
