Disclaimer: I assure you, I'm not Darren Shan.

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She stood outside the small country inn, waiting for the all clear, when it first appeared.

In the dull glow of dawn, its eyes looked too bright and calculating; as if thinking what would be the best way to reveal the newcomers little secret. It sat beneath a tree, sitting perfectly still apart from its tail which swished slowly back and forth, rustling the freshly fallen autumn leaves. Its ears were facing forward, blocking out every noise. Its sole intent was the vampire that was leaning against the wall of the inn in which he was master.

She knew it was stupid, ridiculous even, to be afraid of the thing, yet she was. This small, menacing cat was scaring her; it could run them out of town. To an extent, it could be the death of them.

Cats had a habit of ruining a vampire's life in the human world. They seemed to have it against the creatures of the night and did everything in their tiny power to make things hell. Somehow, the fact that cats could sense vampires and all things 'evil' had spread into the human world; as a rumour at first but there were many suspicious people in the world.

The inn where they had planned to stay was owned by such people.

The cat could be the end all of their trip away from the havoc of vampire life.

The little cats' eyes never left hers but its ears swung round to the direction of the inn door. It heard the tread if the other one approaching and prepared to cause some chaos that would make the evil tall ones go away but it realised that it didn't need to. The presence of the little cat was on its own enough to make them leave.

The cat found this slightly annoying but didn't complain; the tall evil ones were going to leave him and his house alone. That was what mattered.

"We're in. She said we could have the room over the barn. Apparently, it isn't that warm but that doesn't matter..." he trailed off when she didn't acknowledge his presence, "Everything all right?"

"We can't stay here." Still, her eyes never left the cats; who now, she noticed, seemed to be grinning at her. Evilly. As if it were enjoying her discomfort.

"Why not?" he asked sharply. She didn't reply verbally, simply pointed to the evil little cat under the tree. He froze as soon as he saw it.

The cat watched as the two evil tall ones glanced at each other then disappeared on the spot; quick-evil-tall- one-travel, it thought with a stretch. Presently, his servant came out to see where her new arrivals had gotten to. The cat meowed pleasantly and trotted over to his servant, rubbing up against her leg lovingly. His servant said something in human speak then picked up her master and carried him back into his house.

The cat looked over his servants shoulder and saw the two tall evil ones at the edge of the forest, apparently arguing with each other. The cat grinned again; it had done his job perfectly. And would now be treated to a big bowl of creamy milk.

It casts one final look at the tall evil ones then purred happily.

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Ending? Terrible, I know. But I personally liked the cat thing. But did you guys?

Thanks for reading.