Here' chapter 5 for you all. Thanks again for the reviews! Keep them coming! Sorry I take so long to put up chapters, only I've been busy recently, hopefully chapter 6 wont take so long as it's the Easter holidays! Happy Easter people!

"D.. D.. Did you say Annie shan?" He spluttered, his eyes wide.

I replied shyly, wondering why he was so surprised by my name. I didn't really no what to say to him. He seemed to be studying me intently, his brain thinking quickly. Finally he spoke, words came rushing speedily from his mouth.

"You don't know a Darren Shan do you? It's probably nothing, I mean you can't be, can you?"

Now it was my turn to be shocked. Could this young man with a terrible skin problem possibly know Darren?

"You know him? Darren Shan? He's my brother! Is he ok?" I exclaimed.

"Darren's my friend, we work together. Look I can take you to him, I'm sure he'd love to see you." Evra said, he seemed excited too.

I couldn't believe that I could soon be seeing my brother. I missed him so much, but then another thought crossed my mind. How would Darren cope when he discovered mum had passed away? I decided not to think about it just yet, and wait until the moment arose. There were so many questions I needed to ask him and finally I would get my chance.

We walked briskly along the damp streets. I began to shiver again, but not from the cold, I was excited yet nervous at the prospect of seeing my brother, alive and well, whose funeral I had attended not so long ago.

"Listen Annie, I know this must be pretty hard for you. Darren told me how he faked his own death and everything. It must have been awful for you, seeing your own brother lying there dead and I don't know what your expecting from him, but I'm afraid I don't think he'll be able to go back with you, it's, umm, too risky." He said carefully, choosing his words.

His voice made me stop dead. Did this mean it really was true? Darren had really become a vampire.

"What do you mean by risky? Is it true? Is he really a vampire?" I gushed, my eyes beginning to fill with tears.

"Yes it's true, but I'm going to let him explain to you, I expect your being tormented with questions for him." Evra said strongly.

Silent tears began to run down my pink cheeks as we walked to the cirque du freak. I felt overwhelmed by what Evra had said and all I wanted to do was find out how Darren could just leave his family and put us through all that sadness and misery.

I looked up to see a large, dark building. It was much the same to the one that Darren had told me about when he went to see the cirque. I felt a large rush of emotions. Anger, sadness, excitement and angst. My mind felt very mixed up and confused.

Evra showed me in and told me to wait there. He said he would go and find Darren. I sat down, my heart thumping, my breathing rapid. My whole body was shaking madly. What if he didn't want to see me? What if he hated me and that was why he became a vampire? But sure enough I heard the sound of fast footsteps and Evra appeared, Darren by his side.

I stood up. My eyes searching over Darren, checking that it really was him, that I really had found him at last. His facial expression showed worry, happiness and shock. He rushed forward. Embracing me tightly. Tears pouring from both of us. We stood there in each other's arms, so happy to have been reunited. I suddenly remembered what he had done and pushed him away strongly.

"How could you do that to us?" I screamed. "I thought you loved us. How could you join this, this evil place and become a monster, an inhuman monster?" I shouted fiercely, punching and kicking at him, finally letting out all the anger I had felt in the past months. He stood there, just accepting all the violence I was showing to him.

I cried and cried as I stopped screaming, my energy running out. He looked at me intently, and hugged me again. More and more tears streamed out, as I cried into his shoulder. The anger I felt was overwhelmed by the rush of love that I felt or my brother.