EAMR: I'm sorry this took so long. My enriched English teacher has been making us write page after page about the Holocaust everyday! It's such a depressing subject. Anyways, I'd like to thank my three reviewers!

Winter-Rae, JusticeDream, and hotredhead! You guys are the bomb-diggity!

I sleepily sat up, rubbing my silver eyes with a huge yawn. What? I like to sleep. I looked out my window and my eyes widened to a size of dinner plates. It was like freakin ten-o-clock! That's pretty late for me. Where the Hell was my alarm! Oh wait... that's right. I threw it out my window. Heh heh. Ahem, anyways.

I threw the covers off and ran into my bathroom. I did all of the mornings things in high speed. I untangled my hair with my brush, straightened it, and just left it down. There wasn't enough time to get too prettied up.

I ran to my closet and threw open the doors. I slipped on a pair of beige jeans and my faded Rolling Stones t-shirt with a white sweater underneath, along with my classic Converse and of course my matching beige shoulder bag. Don't ask why I carry that thing around – I don't really know either. And I had all sorts of different styles in my closet – punk, preppy, ghetto, tomboy, skater... ballerina. It was a long time ago, okay? Anyways.

While trying frantically to tie my shoes, I realized how hard Converses were to put on. I ran down the hallway and nearly fell down the stairway. I just tripped, I didn't actually fall. And besides, who puts a rug on the stairs anyways? Psh.

I hurried in the kitchen, where Gustav already had a breakfast set out for me.

"Good morning Maddie," he said to me with a smile.

"Hey Gustav," I answered, "Sorry, but I'm a hurry today so I'll have to take some of this to-go."

"I heard you running around upstairs," he laughed and held out a tied napkin, "I sort of figured you would have been late for something."

"Gustav, you really are amazing," I said grabbing the bag and thanking him with a grin as I headed towards the door.

"Oh don't worry Maddie," he said with a smile and a wave, "I know."

Closing the double doors behind me I hurried down our freakishly long driveway. You don't know how much weight you could lose running up and down that stupid thing. That's why I'm a good runner. Heh heh. Oh right.

I grabbed the muffin from the napkin Gustav gave me and didn't really pay attention to where I was going. So I obviously ran into something. Today was really turning out to be my day. And what was worse is what I ran into.

"Uh oh," I whispered quietly as Johnny glared down at me. I told you I was short!

I waited for him to tell me to 'watch it' or something rude but he just turned around angrily and faced my brother and his little group.

Why the Hell was Johnny mad at me? Just because I ran into him? God, what a grouch.

"Sorry," I said quietly, backing around them, but I stopped and faced Robert who was ignoring me too.

"Hey Robert?" I asked, but still no response, "I'm sorry."

That got his attention, good thing too, caus' I admit, it took guts for me to do that. He looked at me with a puzzled expression.

"Excuse me?"

"I said I was sorry," I sighed, looking at the ground, "I shouldn't have yelled at you for being worried, especially in front of all your friends."

"Fine," he said turning back around. Well that didn't sound very convincing.

"I'm serious!" I exclaimed turning him back around by the shoulder as he rolled his eyes, "I'm sorry okay! Really, really, really sorry! Sorry times infinity!"

"Okay, okay. I get it," he said pushing my hands off his shoulders, "And I'll accept."

"Great! Oh and sorry for calling you and Johnny dickholes," I said as I began running down the street, "Even if it's true!"

I laughed as I heard him and Johnny yell something colorful at me, but I didn't care. After telling Robert that, it made me feel so much better. I slipped out the slip of paper from my bag, and read it carefully. I knew where this street was. Surprisingly.

I turned a few corners, and passed a buttload of mansions on my way, too. Then I found myself standing outside of a park. I re-read the piece of paper and double-checked it. But this was it. I looked on the back and there was more written.

Go past the gates and north through the forest behind the swings.

Were these directions or treasure hunt instructions? With a shrug I did as the paper said. I passed through the park gates and headed to the forest behind the swings. Exactly as the instructions stated. Only problem was that I had to figure out which way north was.

I remember back to the Little Bee Scouts my mom forced me and Robert to join when were little. They told us that if you look on the bark of the tree and you find moss growing, that which ever direction it was growing on, was north.

Checking behind the tree bark I found the moss and laughed at myself. Robert and I had always dreaded the Little Bee Scouts, I never thought it would come in handy, but I guess I was wrong.

I hummed a random tune as I walked through the forest. I like my music. After what seemed to be only about a few minutes, I found myself in front of a large gate. I looked for a doorbell or intercom, but there wasn't anything. Checking the gates, I found that they were locked. I looked through them and saw a large mansion which seemed to be empty.

What if was just a trick? Maybe he just wanted me to waste my time looking for something that wasn't even there in the first place. I dropped my shoulders after the realization. Just another jerk in the world.

I kicked the metal gates angrily. And here I was thinking he actually wanted to be my friend. Hah, what a joke! No one can seem to stand me anymore! I turned from the empty mansion and headed back from where I came, but stopped after hearing footsteps behind me. I snapped around and looked for what made the noise but saw nothing.

Okay, now I was freaking out. I keep hearing someone, but no one's here. What if it was like a ghost or something? Jesus! I don't wanna die! With a high pitched peep, I turned back around and ran for the park.

I'm chicken-shit, I know. But I get freaked out by things I can't see, especially when I'm by myself. As I ran, I kept one thing on my mind; don't trip! In almost all of the horror movies you see, some girl is running away from something, and they go all retarded on you and fall. Then they just sit there with their arms up while either screaming or breathing really hard. I just wanna kill stupid people like that. You'd think they'd watch where they're going when they're running away from something that's about to kill them. But anyways.

Yeah, so like I was saying, I ran. And I then found out that I didn't walk for only five minutes. And this is the part where I nearly die of a heart attack. Some freaky dude in a cloak popped up out of nowhere in front of me with these creepy-looking glowing blue eyes and he looked just like a werewolf! I stopped and stood there like the retarded girls in the movie until I finally realized what just happened. That's also when I found out how loud I was.

"AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!"

Being scared shitless, I ran the opposite direction almost falling over every freakin thing in my path while screaming something about a freaky werewolf dude and how he was going to kill me. That is until I ran into something... again. I looked up, almost not wanting to know what I ran into. But I did it anyways and I wish I hadn't too. I was face-to-face with a Goddamn mummy! What the Hell was this place anyways! It was like day of the living freak show!

"M-m-m-m-m-m-m-m-mum-mum-mummy!" I stuttered. What the fuck was going on! This was worse than being sent to a deserted place! I was gonna die! The werewolf dude and some other zombie guy surrounded me and I was getting ready to shit myself.

"Who are you, and how did you find this place?" the werewolf dude asked with a growl.

"I-I-I" That seemed to be the only letter I could say.

"Who sent you?" the mummy questioned while glaring with more freaky glowing eyes.

"I-I-I"

"What are you doing here?" the zombie spoke.

"I-I-I"

"Can you say anything besides 'I'?" the mummy asked with a slightly puzzled expression.

"I-I want my mommy!" I exclaimed almost breaking down in tears.

"She's no spy," the werewolf hissed, "She's just a stupid little girl."

"Hey!" I yelled, pointing at him angrily. I guess that broke my fear, "I'm not little! Just height deprived!"

That's when a familiar laugh echoed through the woody area.

"I remember that comment."

Oh thank you Lord! I thought I was gonna die! Ha! I'm sure Sanguinex will show these creeps. Heh heh, yeah, he'll kick their asses!

"You know her?" the zombie asked.

"You know them?" I asked with the same expression.

"Yes, and yes. I told her to come here," he answered with a smile as he appeared in the light.

"Holy shit! You're a vampire!" I shouted covering my eyes. I don't know why I did that, it's a reaction of some sort.

"Why yes, I am," he said with a laugh.

"She knows you but she never knew you were a vampire?" all the others asked simultaneously.

"It was dark okay? Plus, he had a hood!" I exclaimed peeking through my fingers. These guys weren't gonna kill me. I mean, Sanguinex was a vampire wasn't he? And he never, you know, bit my neck. Or did he? Just to make sure I felt my neck for any bite marks but nothing was there.

"Ha ha, I won't bite," Sanguinex laughed. I guess he kinda figured out what I was trying to check.

"Okay, so let me get this straight," I started, "You guys are a group of a vampire, a mummy, a werewolf, and a zombie?"

"You got it," the werewolf laughed.

"Oh how rude of me; I failed to introduce you to them. These are my friends Cenotaph and Zomb, and of course my younger brother Lupinex," he said pointing to each of them.

"Nice to meet you," I said with a smile. I think I could really get to like these guys. "The name's Maddie."

"Well, why are we all just standing here? Let's go inside and perhaps have a nice cup of tea?"

"Good idea Sanguinex; and perhaps we could get to know our new friend," Cenotaph said with a smile.

"Friend?" I repeated as my face brightened up, "Really! Ya mean it?"

The small group laughed. "Of course," Zomb answered.

I followed my new friends into the locked mansion that seemed to be deserted with an enormous grin plastered on my face. I couldn't believe this! I made, not just one, but three new friends today! It's a good this I got lost yesterday or I just might be at home begging Robert to watch him practice.

We all sat around a large table, a bit smaller than the one at home but it was still pretty big, each one of us with a porcelain glass of hot tea. It wasn't as good as Gustav made it, but with friends it tasted a bit better. If that makes any sense to anyone out there.

"Sanguinex, I have a question," I started as I set my half-filled cup down and he looked up at the sound of his name, "How could you be out in the sun if you're a vampire?"

"Dear child, that's just fables," he replied with a laugh along with the others.

"Really? That's pretty cool," I said with a smile, "And I guess the same goes for you too Lupinex?"

"Exactly," he answered with a nod.

I don't know why I was so scared by these people. They were freakin awesome! Some of the coolest people I've ever met.

"So, how did you meet our team leader Maddie?" Zomb asked.

"Team leader? Are you guys in a gang or something? Caus' my mom doesn't let me hang out with gang members," I stated giving him 'the eye'.

"Of course not!" Cenotaph laughed, "We're talking about our beyblading team."

"Oh, then that's not bad," I said, still smiling. I just couldn't help it. "Yeah, my older brother beyblades, but I'm not that good at it," I stated, running the tip of my index finger around the edge of the tea cup.

"Anyone can be good at beyblading," Zomb stated, "All you have to do is train."

"If you want, we could maybe train you," Cenotaph added.

I thought it over for a moment. It would be nice to maybe be noticed by Dad for once, for being the best at something. And I'd love to see the look on Robert's face if I ever defeated him in a battle. And even if I couldn't beat him, it'd still be a fun thing to learn. Besides, not like it's gonna hurt anyone, right?

"Alright, I'll do it! I have a beyblade my father gave me when I was younger to try and inspire me to blade but I never really used it much, but I'll bring it tomorrow."

"Perfect," Sanguinex exclaimed as he and the others smiled, "We'll start your training tomorrow. But until then, let's just get to know each other, shall we?"

"Good idea."

Today was awesome! I now have four friends, which is one more than Robert has. Heh heh, not to mention I was going to finally learn how to beyblades. And maybe if I did that, then I could perhaps join Robert in his training with the others instead of begging to watch. And if that wasn't good enough, then I wasn't at war with Robert or Johnny right now. Everything was perfect.

EAMR: Hehheh, looks like Robert's got himself a bit of competition. Sucks for him. Well, I hope I can get the next chapter up sooner! I'm swamped this weekend though. I'm going to a concert tomorrow and then on Satuday I'm going to Six Flags with my friends. Not like anyone really cares, but hey! That's okay! Ha ha. Well, it's like eleven p.m. and a school night so I'm screwed. Ah well. I'm gonna get to bed now! Later!