Still here. :D Yeah, the last chapter got me excited. And it WAS a cliff hanger. So... yeah. Here's the new chapter.

P.S. This one will for SURE be short. Just needed a small one to bounce off the last one.

Not a word was said. Fatch just stood there, eyes dilated and blank. Wether he was upset or not was not really clear. Finally after what seemed like an eternity, Fatch did the absolute LAST thing anyone thought he would do: he laughed. It was only a light laugh, but still.

" You're kidding! "

He said a little loudly. Casper began to panic a bit.

" No. I'm really not. We saw it! "

And now Fatch seemed serious as his eyes narrowed into a vicious glare, said eyes turning completely demon red. A sign that he was losing control.

" You're lying! "

He hissed, trying not to let his demon half take over.

" You have to be! There's no way you could have! "

" Fatch, calm down! "

" Like HELL I'm gonna calm down! "

Casper immediately backed up at the vampires yelling, feeling himself begin to shake. It seriously seemed like Fatch was gonna rip his face off or something!

" You didn't see them, ok?! "

All the yelling attracted the girls as they slowly filled the room.

" My life isn't something you can joke about Casper! I've been abused in every way, don't you get it?! I have it hard enough without YOU making jokes like that! "

Casper whimpered a bit, wanting to melt into the floor.

" I... I know... "

He whispered.

" But I... I'm not lying... we saw them... even saw that your brother Dusk gave you a green bear named Flippy... "

Almost instantly Fatch's eyes widened upon his beloved stuffed animals name. He'd never told anyone he'd had it. Never. The fact that Casper knew proved that he wasn't lying. The prince could feel the red from his eyes slowly disappearing, being replaced with humiliation, shame, and fear. Embarrassed that everyone knew what had really happened throughout his life. Shame at the fact he didn't try to defend himself. And fear... that he would be rejected for it. These feelings and memories... the ones he'd been suppressing for so long... all just came hurtling back at him. And it hurt. It hurt more than when it was actually happening.

Finally, for the first time in his entire life, Fatch completely broke down into sobs. He knelt down, wrapping his arms around his waist and burying his face into his knees. It was all to much... and the tears were only making things worse. He'd never cried before... and now here he was crying in front of a lot of creatures.

Suddenly he felt two rather shaky hands fall onto his back. Slowly he looked up, seeing Casper and Thatch bend down to his eye level, seemingly trying to help. And did it ever make Fatch want to just disappear. Slowly, he leaned back until he was sitting, barely able to breathe due to his emotions, and buried his face into his hands, letting the two try to help him. All he wanted was for the pain to go away...

It was around twelve now, and Fatch had been excused from his classes for the day, as well as Casper, Mantha, Ra, Lexi and Thatch who were told to help him. The tears hadn't stopped, as Fatch just couldn't seem to stop crying. And believe me, he was TRYING to get them to stop. It had actually gotten so bad Lexi had to bring Flippy out. The prince was now clinging to the bear, and curled up on his bed facing the wall. Again, he found this whole thing embarrassing.

" ... Fatch? "

Lexi asked gently.

" Would you like anything? "

" ... No... "

He answered, his voice no more then a weak whisper. Casper now felt horrible for bringing this up. It was clear now that Fatch wasn't able to deal with it. Just then Thatch walked RIGHT up to him and took a seat beside him.

" Fatch, maybe this wasn't such a bad thing. "

Immediately all eyes fell on him, mouths open wide in shock.

" What? "

Fatch answered, his tone in obvious disbelief.

" Yeah. Maybe getting your memories all out in the clear was a good thing. I mean, you're clearly in denial. Forcing you to deal with them like this will help you finally get past them. "

Again, everyone was shocked. This was THATCH that had just said all this. The school bully. The fact that he was being this nice proved he did care about Fatch. Slowly, the prince smiled. It was weak and short, but genuine and a little happy. He wiped the tears from his eyes, hugging the doll closer.

" Thanks Thatch. "

He said softly, and it was the most anyone had heard him say all day.

" You know... that reminded me of something Dusk would've said. "

Suddenly Fatch yawned. Which made sense, considering he'd been up all night. Thatch smiled and had him lay down.

" You should get some sleep Fatch. "

Slowly, everyone left. Once the door was closed, everyone turned to face Thatch. Mantha, was the first one to speak.

" Sooo... the school bully just helped a depressed prince. "

She teased. Ra smiled as well, barely catching the tease.

" That was really nice of you Thatch. "

Thatch scowled, stalking closer to the two.

" You tell anyone I was nice and I'll make you regret it. "

Casper then sighed a bit.

" Yep. He's back. "

Yeah this chapter was lame. Again, I just needed a continuation chapter. Goodbye readers and hello sleepy time. Goodnight! R&R!

You readers and reviewers are amazing, btw. :D