After detention, I was taken to the school nurse to bandage up by bruised arm. The nurse was a six armed, one-eyed, squid-like monster. I had no idea what creature it was.

While there, who else but Isaac and Bratfur came. I had one question for them: "Where were you during the fight?"

"Bratfur got his leg tangled in some long grass and I had to help him while you ran off to help Bugsy, I mean Pandora," Isaac said. "If only I was there," Bratfur said. "I would've turned into a cobra and strangled the life out of them."

"Well, the fight's over now," I said. "Where are the bullies?" Isaac asked. "Glut and Dag are having detention, Miss Honey is having a talk with William," I replied. Isaac heaved a sigh of relief. "I'm glad William is being straightened out by the teacher." I nodded. In the back of my head, I wondered what was happening over at William's home."

. . .

Henry was on the phone with Mr. Arturo. "What do you mean?" He was saying to the principal. "Your son tried to beat a kid up," Mr. Arturo replied. "I'm sure that kid deserved it," Henry said. "Then Benjamin, a vampire, came and got into a fight with him," Arturo continued. "That vampire should mind his own business," Henry replied.

"Well, a couple of other kids were involved and someone called the teacher and she broke up the fight," Arturo finished. "What?" Henry said. "My son would've creamed Benjamin if that teacher hadn't been called. He's a cheater."

"Oh really," Arturo said. "Your son had two kids with him while trying to beat up that one kid." Henry snorted. Not having a very good answer, he simply put the phone down. "What was that about?" Vera asked. "Vera, William was trying to reason with some kids about superiority," William said, not telling her he'd tried to beat up Pandora. "But those kids wouldn't listen to reason. They attacked him and got him in detention."

"That's just awful," Vera said. "Vera, we are going to pay a little visit to that kid and straighten him out," Henry hissed.

. . .

Back at the Vampyrs cave, things hadn't been going so well. They had received threatening phone-calls from Dag's parents, and Glut's parents had actually barged into their house, with his mom trying to hit me and his dad trying to hit Victor and Farley. They were thrown out by Altair and Alucard.

We were actually waiting for William's parents to come. Their arrival would be inevitable. Every once in a while we would turn to the clock and wonder when William's parents would arrive. Geronimo, Trap, Petunia, and Thea had all been called to the Vampyrs house.

Finally, after what seemed like forever, we heard a knock on the door. Altair opened it up, and unsurprisingly, we saw Henry and Vera at the door.

"Where's the little brat?" Henry asked. "You mean Benjamin?" Geronimo asked, having come to see who had arrived. "Of course him!" Vera barked. Hearing my name, I came over to the door. Victor and Farley came too.

"You little rat!" Henry yelled. "Hey, don't talk to my nephew like that," Geronimo said. "I should beat you," Henry continued, as if not noticing Geronimo. Geronimo jumped in front of him. "You will not lay a hand on anyone here," Geronimo said, getting angrier every second.

Henry pointed an accusing finger at him. "You should punish the brat," Henry said to him. "He's a cheater."

"How?" Thea asked, having come to see what the entire ruckus was about. Trap and Petunia came too. "His friend called the teacher," Vera thundered. "If that brat hadn't, William would've creamed him. He was frightened of getting whipped, so he turned to his friend."

"For your information, Benjamin did that to save someone!" Geronimo yelled. "That kid was a smelly brat," Henry said. "That smelly brat is my niece," Petunia said. "Then now I know why she's a brat," Vera said. "She learned it from you."

"If you ask me, you're overreacting here," Trap said. "They got into a fight, it got broken up, and they got detention." Before Henry could answer, Geronimo said, "You have no business here. If all you've come here to do is argue about a fight your son caused, then be gone."

Vera stared down at me. "This isn't over," She sneered before she and her husband left, slamming the door behind them."

. . .

At school the next day, William wasn't there. That was the first thing I noticed. Dag and Glut were there, but William wasn't. I went up to Miss Honey. "Where's William?" I asked. The teacher paused, as if thinking of something, and then said, "His parents transferred him to a different school."

I didn't know what to think. At lunch, when the teacher left, I told the whole class. "William's been transferred to a different school."

Everyone had different reactions. Most were overjoyed, some were shocked, and a few actually missed him. "It just doesn't make sense," I said to Victor. "Why would the teacher not let us in on this right at the start of school."

"Maybe she didn't know how to tell us this because it was so sudden," Victor replied. "That was the best answer I could think of."

At recess, someone tapped me on the shoulder. It was Dag, and Glut was there with him. "Will is gone because of you," Glut said. Dag cracked his knuckles. "You're going to pay." However, Penniford and Saveanna came out of nowhere to break up the fight. Pandora and Victor came to. "No one's going to pay," Saveanna said. "Especially not Benjamin." Outnumbered, Dag and Glut ran away.

. . .

At the Vampyrs home, there was a knock on the door again. For some reason, I knew who it was. Geronimo opened the door, and Henry and Vera were there again.

"Where is he?" Henry asked. "You mean Benjamin?" Geronimo asked. "Not him," Vera said. "Where's our son?"

I had ignored the werewolves up until I heard that word. "What do you mean," I asked. "Our son's missing and I have a feeling you took him," Henry said. "How dare you accuse us of such a thing," Geronimo said. "My instincts are never wrong," Henry said. "Our son's missing and it's all your fault."

"But the teacher said you transferred him," I said. "We would never do that," Vera said. "William's been kicked out of nearly every school here and he is not going to get transferred again."

"Well we didn't take him," Geronimo said. "You're accusing us of kidnapping." Then Henry got up in Geronimo's face. "You're darn right I'm accusing you," He said. "I'm always right." Geronimo pushed him away. "Leave," He said. "Not without our son," Vera said. "But we didn't take him," Geronimo said. "Either hand him over or we're calling the police," Vera replied.

"Do that then," Geronimo said. "Have them search the whole cave. Your son is not here." I gulped. The idea of men and women we didn't know crowding inside our house was not the most pleasant of things. "Fine," Henry said. With that, they left, slamming the door behind them.

. . .

As it turned out, William's parents were not lying when they said they would call the police. The very next day, we had a knock on the door and when we opened it, a dozen police and cameramen were crowding around the house. As we learned later, everyone involved in the fight had their home checked by the police.

"What's happening," Geronimo asked. "Mr, I'd stand aside if I were you," A policeman said. Reluctantly, we stood aside, and the police checked the entire cave. I'm not kidding. They moved paintings, checked every corner and crack, and lifted up chairs and tables.

After what was exactly three hours and thirty-five minutes, and yes, I counted, the police left our house. They had found no hostage.

Geronimo was watching TV later on when the News came up. Do you know what the Newsperson was talking about? Here is what he was saying:

"Two days ago, a little boy named William disappeared at school. His parents suspect that the Vampyrs family may have something to do with the disappearance. The police checked the Vampyrs cave, but found no results. It seems the entire thing started with a fight at school. More information will be released tomorrow." Geronimo switched the TV off and face palmed himself. "This has been a bad day," He said.