Thanks for the reviews peoples. Glad you like my story.
Well here's another chapter, and just a note, things are gonna start getting exciting from here!
Enjoy! ^_^
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Chapter five
"No father, that's not a good idea, it'll just make a mess of things. Why can't you listen to me for once instead of David?" Brutus pleaded his father.
Devon Redfern looked at his son, who resembled himself so much, with the same hair, the same eyes, the same bone structure, the only thing that had been inherited from his wife's side was the love for running.
Devon Redfern loved his son, he loved him dearly, and from the day that his wife had died he vowed to raise Brutus the best he can, to give him the best, teach him the best, and let him be the best.
Brutus himself also loved his father, he respected him and admired him, a type of respect and admiration that did not waver. The father and the son that were the last branch of the Redfern family had a pretty good relationship.
Devon Redfern's eyes lay calmly on Brutus, he put a hand on his shoulder. "What your cousin had suggested is a good idea."
David stood by the window with a smug look on his face. David is not a Redfern, he's a cousin from Brutus' mother's side of the family. Vampire hunters killed both his parents when he was still a baby. He doesn't remember anything about his parents or about the night when the slayers had broken into his home. His childhood was spent with his Aunt and Uncle but he grew up fast, and soon didn't need any parent figures helping him. Out in the real world at the age of 12, David learnt how to hold his own, how to be strong.
"Having more people in this is not a good idea! What if they were spies for the damned Daybreakers? What if they mess up? I think the two of us would be enough to get 20 vermin girls." David insisted.
"But son, the dead line has been cut from 2 weeks to 1 week, meaning we only have 3 more days left, and so far we've only got 5 girls. We need more man power."
Brutus looked at his father, and then drew his eyes down in defeat.
"Fine." He exhaled as he stomped out of the room with his father following him.
Staring at his feet as he walked, Brutus felt like a deflated balloon. *Why does David always have to win? Is it that I'm so much worse than him even in my father's eyes?*
He could hear his father's footsteps coming closer behind him, and sighed inwardly. His father is very nice to him, kind and loving, but he doesn't understand what it feels like to have someone towering over you all your life, always one step ahead of you. His father would not understand, being the oldest in his family, father had always towered over others.
They walked out onto the balcony and Devon Redfern approached his son. Stepping up beside him, he joined his son in watching the setting sun.
"Brutus, my son, why is it that you are so angry at the decision I have made?" Devon asked softly.
"You don't understand farther, and I don't think you ever will." Brutus answered in a cold voice, trying to restrain the emotions inside of him.
Devon chuckled softly, but Brutus heard. Turning his head to look at his father, he frowned.
"What is it that you find so funny?" Brutus said, pained to see his father laughing at his distress.
"I'm your father Brutus, I know you better than anybody else. You think I don't understand? Well I do."
Brutus looked at his father with question in his eyes.
"You want me to prove it? Fine, I will. You're upset about David, it was David's suggestion so you're upset that I took it and didn't accept your reasoning, am I right?" Devon's eyes stayed steadily on his son's, daring him to deny what he had just said.
"Since you already know, why did you bother to ask me in the first place?" Brutus asked, looking away again.
"Because I wanted you to admit it yourself. Don't you know the first step to solving a problem is acknowledging it?"
Brutus snickered, "solve a problem? How do I solve this problem? Kill him? I don't think even that would work, even dead he'd die with a better epitaph than me." He shook his head.
"So you don't believe that you can someday be better than him? Have you no faith in yourself?"
"Are you saying you have faith in me?"
"Brutus," his father sighed, "I've always had faith in you. Always."
"Don't you love David? Don't you want him to be better than me?" Brutus asked.
"Yes, I love David. I love him as if he is my own son."
Brutus' faced darkened as he heard this.
"But you're my real son," Devon continued, "and it is in you that my hope lies, not him."
Brutus turned around again, and his eyes locked again with his father's. This time, more light was in them.
"Really?" he asked.
"Really." His father replied with a firm nod.
Taking a deep breath he promised, "I'll try my best not to fail you father, I really will." Then he turned around and walked towards the door.
"Where are you going?" Devon asked.
"For a run." Was Brutus' answer.
~***~
Kandie turned the key and pushed open the front door to her two storey house. When she stepped into the living room, she could see Granite pacing the floor, so deep in thought that she didn't hear Kandie come in.
"Granite, are you ok? What's wrong?" Kandie asked. Even though they weren't on good grounds with each other, Granite is still Kandie's sister, and Kandie does not want anything bad to happen to her twin.
Granite's head snapped up.
"Where've you been?" She asked in an urgent tone.
"Track met. Don't you remember I have track met on Thursday afternoons?" Kandie replied.
Granite waved her hand in dismissal. "I have something very important to tell you, it's about David."
Kandie's mind instantly filled with suspicion when 'David' came out of Granite's mouth.
"He's…he's…he's-." Granite started.
"What do you have to say, just say it."
Granite drew in a deep breath. "He's not human." She looked steadily into Kandie's eyes.
Kandie shook her head and laughed.
"Granite, I know you're not happy about my date with him, but even if you're going to make up something, at least make it something more believable."
"No, I'm serious," Granite said desperately. "He really isn't human. He's a vampire, I saw him, I saw him-." Granite swallowed visibly, "I saw him suck all the blood out of this girl." Granite's eyes filled with horror and her face drained of color as she remembered the horrific scene.
"You're a very good actor Granite, perhaps you should consider a career in acting." Kandie said as she surveyed her sister's face.
Granite grabbed Kandie's arm desperately. "I'm serious, I really am, please believe me." she pleaded.
"Don't be ridiculous." Kandie said her eyes darkening as she started feeling angry.
"Please believe me, please believe me Kandie. I don't want you to die." Granite's eyes filled with tears, ready to spill.
For a moment, Kandie's mind wavered. What if she's telling the truth? Can she really act that well? Brutus had also warned her of David, is this why? Because David is a vampire?
Then her head cleared. No. Granite is just jealous, and in order to stop her going out with David, she's made up this crazy lie. Brutus was probably just warning her about David being tricky. There's no such thing as vampires.
Kandie turned away from Granite. "Let me go please." She said, indicating her arms.
"Kandie?" Granite whispered.
"I think you should go and take a rest, you're hallucinating. And I think I'll make an appointment with a shrink for you." Kandie said, and pulled her own arms back since Granite wasn't releasing them.
She walked out of the living room, towards the front door again. Taking her keys out of her backpack, she left the house to go for a run.
Granite was left alone kneeling on the carpet. She closed her eyes slowly in dread, and let two tears spill onto her cheeks. She had forgotten about the fight Kandie and her had earlier, forgotten that Kandie might not believe her.
*In some ways, * she thought, *I have killed my sister. *
She felt like the weight of the whole world was just put on her shoulders.
~***~
Kandie once again made her familiar way towards that park.
*I can't believe Granite make such a big lie.* her face darkened at the memory of her twin, clinging to her arms, ridiculous words spilling out of her mouth.
*Vampire! How the hell did she think of that, she must be desperate!*
When she made it to the park, she zigzagged through the trees. They looked magical as the rays of the setting sun seeped through the leaves. She breathed in the fresh smell of nature as she neared the lake.
She neared the edge of the trees, and to a walk so that when she reached the lake, she would be able to sit and just think.
But when she did reached the lakeside, she wasn't alone. Sitting with his legs dangling off one of the large boulders and throwing rocks into the waters, watching the ripples it made, was Brutus Redfern.
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so what do you think of that?
Please review, that would b much appreciated, even the criticism (constructive criticism that is)
Anyway, thanks for reading --- z-Enchantress
Well here's another chapter, and just a note, things are gonna start getting exciting from here!
Enjoy! ^_^
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Chapter five
"No father, that's not a good idea, it'll just make a mess of things. Why can't you listen to me for once instead of David?" Brutus pleaded his father.
Devon Redfern looked at his son, who resembled himself so much, with the same hair, the same eyes, the same bone structure, the only thing that had been inherited from his wife's side was the love for running.
Devon Redfern loved his son, he loved him dearly, and from the day that his wife had died he vowed to raise Brutus the best he can, to give him the best, teach him the best, and let him be the best.
Brutus himself also loved his father, he respected him and admired him, a type of respect and admiration that did not waver. The father and the son that were the last branch of the Redfern family had a pretty good relationship.
Devon Redfern's eyes lay calmly on Brutus, he put a hand on his shoulder. "What your cousin had suggested is a good idea."
David stood by the window with a smug look on his face. David is not a Redfern, he's a cousin from Brutus' mother's side of the family. Vampire hunters killed both his parents when he was still a baby. He doesn't remember anything about his parents or about the night when the slayers had broken into his home. His childhood was spent with his Aunt and Uncle but he grew up fast, and soon didn't need any parent figures helping him. Out in the real world at the age of 12, David learnt how to hold his own, how to be strong.
"Having more people in this is not a good idea! What if they were spies for the damned Daybreakers? What if they mess up? I think the two of us would be enough to get 20 vermin girls." David insisted.
"But son, the dead line has been cut from 2 weeks to 1 week, meaning we only have 3 more days left, and so far we've only got 5 girls. We need more man power."
Brutus looked at his father, and then drew his eyes down in defeat.
"Fine." He exhaled as he stomped out of the room with his father following him.
Staring at his feet as he walked, Brutus felt like a deflated balloon. *Why does David always have to win? Is it that I'm so much worse than him even in my father's eyes?*
He could hear his father's footsteps coming closer behind him, and sighed inwardly. His father is very nice to him, kind and loving, but he doesn't understand what it feels like to have someone towering over you all your life, always one step ahead of you. His father would not understand, being the oldest in his family, father had always towered over others.
They walked out onto the balcony and Devon Redfern approached his son. Stepping up beside him, he joined his son in watching the setting sun.
"Brutus, my son, why is it that you are so angry at the decision I have made?" Devon asked softly.
"You don't understand farther, and I don't think you ever will." Brutus answered in a cold voice, trying to restrain the emotions inside of him.
Devon chuckled softly, but Brutus heard. Turning his head to look at his father, he frowned.
"What is it that you find so funny?" Brutus said, pained to see his father laughing at his distress.
"I'm your father Brutus, I know you better than anybody else. You think I don't understand? Well I do."
Brutus looked at his father with question in his eyes.
"You want me to prove it? Fine, I will. You're upset about David, it was David's suggestion so you're upset that I took it and didn't accept your reasoning, am I right?" Devon's eyes stayed steadily on his son's, daring him to deny what he had just said.
"Since you already know, why did you bother to ask me in the first place?" Brutus asked, looking away again.
"Because I wanted you to admit it yourself. Don't you know the first step to solving a problem is acknowledging it?"
Brutus snickered, "solve a problem? How do I solve this problem? Kill him? I don't think even that would work, even dead he'd die with a better epitaph than me." He shook his head.
"So you don't believe that you can someday be better than him? Have you no faith in yourself?"
"Are you saying you have faith in me?"
"Brutus," his father sighed, "I've always had faith in you. Always."
"Don't you love David? Don't you want him to be better than me?" Brutus asked.
"Yes, I love David. I love him as if he is my own son."
Brutus' faced darkened as he heard this.
"But you're my real son," Devon continued, "and it is in you that my hope lies, not him."
Brutus turned around again, and his eyes locked again with his father's. This time, more light was in them.
"Really?" he asked.
"Really." His father replied with a firm nod.
Taking a deep breath he promised, "I'll try my best not to fail you father, I really will." Then he turned around and walked towards the door.
"Where are you going?" Devon asked.
"For a run." Was Brutus' answer.
~***~
Kandie turned the key and pushed open the front door to her two storey house. When she stepped into the living room, she could see Granite pacing the floor, so deep in thought that she didn't hear Kandie come in.
"Granite, are you ok? What's wrong?" Kandie asked. Even though they weren't on good grounds with each other, Granite is still Kandie's sister, and Kandie does not want anything bad to happen to her twin.
Granite's head snapped up.
"Where've you been?" She asked in an urgent tone.
"Track met. Don't you remember I have track met on Thursday afternoons?" Kandie replied.
Granite waved her hand in dismissal. "I have something very important to tell you, it's about David."
Kandie's mind instantly filled with suspicion when 'David' came out of Granite's mouth.
"He's…he's…he's-." Granite started.
"What do you have to say, just say it."
Granite drew in a deep breath. "He's not human." She looked steadily into Kandie's eyes.
Kandie shook her head and laughed.
"Granite, I know you're not happy about my date with him, but even if you're going to make up something, at least make it something more believable."
"No, I'm serious," Granite said desperately. "He really isn't human. He's a vampire, I saw him, I saw him-." Granite swallowed visibly, "I saw him suck all the blood out of this girl." Granite's eyes filled with horror and her face drained of color as she remembered the horrific scene.
"You're a very good actor Granite, perhaps you should consider a career in acting." Kandie said as she surveyed her sister's face.
Granite grabbed Kandie's arm desperately. "I'm serious, I really am, please believe me." she pleaded.
"Don't be ridiculous." Kandie said her eyes darkening as she started feeling angry.
"Please believe me, please believe me Kandie. I don't want you to die." Granite's eyes filled with tears, ready to spill.
For a moment, Kandie's mind wavered. What if she's telling the truth? Can she really act that well? Brutus had also warned her of David, is this why? Because David is a vampire?
Then her head cleared. No. Granite is just jealous, and in order to stop her going out with David, she's made up this crazy lie. Brutus was probably just warning her about David being tricky. There's no such thing as vampires.
Kandie turned away from Granite. "Let me go please." She said, indicating her arms.
"Kandie?" Granite whispered.
"I think you should go and take a rest, you're hallucinating. And I think I'll make an appointment with a shrink for you." Kandie said, and pulled her own arms back since Granite wasn't releasing them.
She walked out of the living room, towards the front door again. Taking her keys out of her backpack, she left the house to go for a run.
Granite was left alone kneeling on the carpet. She closed her eyes slowly in dread, and let two tears spill onto her cheeks. She had forgotten about the fight Kandie and her had earlier, forgotten that Kandie might not believe her.
*In some ways, * she thought, *I have killed my sister. *
She felt like the weight of the whole world was just put on her shoulders.
~***~
Kandie once again made her familiar way towards that park.
*I can't believe Granite make such a big lie.* her face darkened at the memory of her twin, clinging to her arms, ridiculous words spilling out of her mouth.
*Vampire! How the hell did she think of that, she must be desperate!*
When she made it to the park, she zigzagged through the trees. They looked magical as the rays of the setting sun seeped through the leaves. She breathed in the fresh smell of nature as she neared the lake.
She neared the edge of the trees, and to a walk so that when she reached the lake, she would be able to sit and just think.
But when she did reached the lakeside, she wasn't alone. Sitting with his legs dangling off one of the large boulders and throwing rocks into the waters, watching the ripples it made, was Brutus Redfern.
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so what do you think of that?
Please review, that would b much appreciated, even the criticism (constructive criticism that is)
Anyway, thanks for reading --- z-Enchantress