A/N: I'm changing the details a bit. As you see, everybody know Steve is the Vampaneeze Lord, and Crepsley is still alive. Steve won't pretend to be a Vampaneeze Hunter.
Disclaimer: I. Don't. Own. Anything. Today. Either.
Returning to Steve Leonard
Chapter Fourteen
Recap
Steve felt an fiery rage fill his all of his being. Belle was almost crying of the pain caused by how hard Steve was holding her against the tree. "Say you love me." He growled at her. "I love you." When he kissed her, she responded. "I really love you." Steve immediately stiffed up. His hands drew back from their former position, and he stopped kissing her. "I-I'm so-sorry." He muttered, all his features were masked with remorse. She caught his gaze, before standing on her tip-toes, and kissed him softly.
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Once she stopped, just about a second later, he looked her in the eyes. "Sorry." His voice was about back to normal now. Belle nodded. She watched him turn around, and run away. He ran fast, faster than possible for a human. Belle knew he wouldn't come back. She had to get in touch with Darren. Steve couldn't manage her now. When she kissed him, she had become commitment. And Steve couldn't, especially not now, handle commitment. She had known so before she kissed him too, but she found this better than the option of him hating himself for it.
Belle walked in the woods for some minutes, before a certain vampire came up to her. "Well hallo, Larten. What do I owe this pleasure?" Mr. Crepsley smiled politely at her, before she answered her own question with a guess. "You've been watching me?" Mr. Crepsley looked a bit taken off guard, but he quickly got over it. "Yes, for a while." Belle looked at him for a second, waiting for him to continue, before deciding that he wouldn't. "Why didn't you come up to me right away?" Mr. Crepsley looked around for a minute, checking that nobody were tracking them probably. "I had to be certain that you weren't with Leonard." Belle could see Mr. Crepsleys lips twitch a bit when speaking off Steve. But she didn't hear any venom in his voice, which she knew he was hiding for her.
"I'm assuming that you aren't, considering that your walking around in the woods." Belle nodded, he was right. She was relived that Mr. Crepsley hadn't seen Steve before he left, let along what they had been doing. "Would you like to come with me to the Cirque?" Belle smiled thankful at Mr. Crepsley. "Yes, that would be pleasant, Larten." Belle replied, using a word she recently heard from Mr. Crepsley herself.
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Steve had been running for quite some time when he realized just where he'd left Belle. He had left her in the middle of the vampaneezes haunting mark. He had turned around reluctant. When he had gotten to about where he left her though, he saw her, with Creepy Crepsley. He growled inside, but kept still as they slowly walked away. He now hated the vampire.
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Belle and Mr. Crepsley arrived at the Cirque fifty minutes later. Darren ran up to them. "Took you long enough! I was worried!" Mr. Crepsley looked at him like he had just asked why his name just had to be Darren. "Well, I suppose it would have gone a lot faster had we not talked so much." Darren just gaped at her, especially when Crepsley nodded. "You talked so much?" He looked back at forth between them a couple of times before he massaged his temples. He then walked off, mumbling about getting some pain killers for his headache. Belle snickered. Crepsley smiled for a second before saying. "I'll go inform Mr. Tall that you're here." Belle nodded, though she had no idea who 'Mr. Tall' was. She sat down on a bench outside a orange tent, and looked around.
A boy with scales instead of skin approached her. She smiled at him, not quite sure what to do. "Hey. I'm Evra Von, you're the new girl, right?" Belle smiled back. "No, I'm the new boy!" She smiled the whole time to let him know that she was kidding. He laughed loudly. Belle looked at him, a bit confused. When his laughter finally died down he explained himself. "Sorry. You see, other people asks me Evra Von what or starts freaking out because of my scales, while you just make a joke. It's kind off reliving and unexpected." Belle smiled at him once again. "My name is Belle." Evra smirked at her. "Yeah, I know. You're the only person coming here Crepsley's ever complimented before getting to know them." Belle smiled at him again. "The real reason I'm here though, is that Mr. Tall want to make you come to his tent." Belle looked at him. "You want to follow me?" Evra looked considering at her for a moment, like she had asked him on a date. "Why?" Belle smiled at him apologizing, before explaining further. "Well, I don't exactly know the way." It looked like Evra understood, and he actually blushed a bit. "Sure." He then started walking in the opposite direction from where Belle had come from. When they finally came to a stop, Belle had realized that the Cirque was enormous. "In there." Evra pointed to an opening in the big, green tent. Belle walked right inside. She wasn't nervous at all. It was just another place. If she didn't get to stay here, she would have to leave.
A/N: This is a chapter that will be split in two pieces. There is a warning for what is planned to all Crepsley fans out there about what'll happen in the next one though; it won't be pretty. Be aware when you read that something terrible will happen. That's about it. I'll start writing the next chapter now, but it's not sure whether or not I'll finish it. So, what do you think about Belle coming to the Cirque?