Danny had been forced to resist the temptation of blood before.

But never like this.

It was entirely unfair, and the worst combination of bad luck Danny had ever had to endure.

Because of course the one person to follow him into a dangerous situation was someone he cared for, and of course he had to get hurt, forcing Danny to carry his bleeding unconscious body somewhere safe.

And of course the injured person had to be a hybrid. His mixture of human and ghost blood was tempting enough as it was, having him pressed against his body as the blood oozed from his chest and arm was driving him insane. Combined with the fact that Danny hadn't had any blood for almost a week, pushing it even for him, it was near torture for him to ignore.

But he had to push through. DJ was losing blood fast and he hadn't so much as twitched in a while. There was only one place he could go. With his once blue eyes now blood red, anyone who saw him would know he was a vampire. His only option for both their safety was finding DJ's friends, which was why he was making his way towards the school where he had seen them last. He hoped he could find them fast, and that they didn't attack him on sight. They knew their friend had been hanging out with a vampire, but they didn't know it was him. DJ may have trusted them with his own secret, but Danny wasn't quite ready to let anyone else know there was a vampire in the school.

If they saw him walking up to them the way he was, he wouldn't blame them for attacking first, asking questions later. His kind didn't have a great reputation in this town and from what DJ said they weren't exactly fond of him being friends with one.

The universe must have taken pity on him for everything else he was forced to endure, because he found the two near the back of the school, in the spot hidden by trees that DJ had showed him a while ago. He stumbled into the small area, letting his appearance bring attention to them because talking would hurt too much. His throat burned. However, when they levelled a glare at him after noticing their friend and prepared to attack as he knew they would, he was able to push a single harsh word past his lips.

"Help."

Danny immediately pushed the boy into their arms, barely making sure they had a good hold on him before launching himself back towards the trees with a speed humans couldn't hope to reach.

Tucker pulled out the first aid kit with a cry of his friend's name and quickly set to work on tending to his injuries. Sam though, kept her eyes on him, wariness, fear and realisation in them.

"Danny?" She asked, as though she couldn't believe it despite the evidence. "You're the vampire?"

"Sc-scratch." He rasped, ignoring the question and pointing at DJ. His breathing was coming easier with the meagre distance, but he could no longer ignore how hungry he was.

DJ's friends examined the wound, eyes widening at the claw marks that spread across his chest and upper arms. They knew what it was and why it was worrying. Some vampires had claws, and more often than not the claws had poison in them.

"We need to call his dad." Tucker informed his friend worriedly. Sam nodded, pulling out her phone to do so, she looked back at where Danny stood, prepared to warn him to get out before the man arrived.

But there was no one there.

For some reason, my first thought concerning this prompt was toothpaste. Since I could think of nothing to write for that, I went for blood. My mind went straight to vampires and that was that.

Also, DJ is a personal favourite nickname for when I'm naming a Danny. It first came to me when I came up with an idea to have him be Dan's son and I called him Daniel Junior. Then I realised his middle name almost always starts with a 'J' and I took a great amount of joy from that working too.