Larten's point of view (POV)
We have been traveling the last two years. I felt my assistant needed more challenges then we got at cirque the freak. I got an assistant 5 years ago and was still a half vampire. He was a promising young man, he has blond hair and blue eyes, tall and strong. We where in a dark forest that would protect us from the sun. Larten know it will soon be sunrise and had to find a place to sleep.
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Darren's POV
He has been walking around in the dark and scary forest for what felt like weeks. Why haven't his uncle come to get him yet? His stomach where grumbling, the mouth was dry with thirst, he was cold and scared. He found a big tree where he could relax. Darren laid down on the cold, wet gras. He was scared to close his eyes, what if any animals where around and eat him, he thought to himself. But that didn't last long. Shortly after he closed his eyes and drifted into sleep.
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"hey, Mr. Crepsley, we can lay camp over there" Alex said to his mentor and pointed to a big tree. Larten looks over at the place to se if sunlight could peek through. "seems good enough" Larten said and started to walk towards the tree. "wait!" Larten said sharply to Alex. "I can see someone else by the tree, you wait here, I will check it out" and walked to the tree without a sound. When he was close enough, he could see a small figure sleeping. Larten gave a signal to Alex to come over. "what is it" Alex said ready to fight. "calm down Alex, it's seems to be a child, but what do a child do here alone at this time of the night" Larten Questioned. As they walked closer Larten could se it was a little boy, probably around 10 years old, with brown hair. The boy looked thin and pale, he looked sickly. "What are we gonna do, we can't leave him here like this" Alex asked and looked at Larten. "I don't know, but we…" "look at his fingertips" Alex interrupted. Larten looked at the boy's fingertips and could se the scars. That could explain why he was so pale and sick looking; he probably never drank blood before.
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Darren opened his eyes. He felt like someone or something was looking at him. He looked around and could see two figures hiding in the bushes. He stood up, ready to fight or run away. Suddenly the two figures stood up and walked towards him. As they came closer, he could see it
was two man, one young with blue eyes and blond hair, and one older gay with red hair and all dressed in red. The older man also had a scar along his cheek. Darren froze in fear, he did not know what to do. He started to walk backwards but fell. "Take it easy, we are not here to hurt you" the older man said. "My name is Larten Crepsley, and this is Alex Jones, what's your name" "D-Darren Shan" Darren said with a shaky voice, still scared but slightly more confident. The man called Mr. Crepsley reach his hand into his cloak and pulled out a vial of red liquid, while he told the younger man to go and find some food. Larten sat down to look less threatening, he took of the cork and gave it to Darren. He looked at the liquid and then looked at Larten. "It's gonna make you feel better" and showed Darren his fingers. Darren saw he had the same scars as he had, maybe he could explain what they were, Darren thought and slugged the liquid. He felt immediately stronger and better. "Do you know what the scars are" Larten asked. Darren shook his head and saw Mr. Crepsley looked worried. Just then the man called Alex came back with a few rabbits. Mr. Crepsley told him to make a fire and prepare the food. He then looked back at Darren and asked how he got the scars and how he ended up here alone.
Darren started to tell his story. His dad ran away before he was born so it was only him and his mom. His uncle often came to visit to play with Darren, but when he was 5, he stopped coming around. Last year his mother died in an accident and his uncle came back and took care of him, but he had change. They only where out during the night, and sometimes he went out alone and came happy back. When Darren asked questions, he got angry and sometimes got physical with him. 2 months ago, he told Darren to come over, and threw him down to the floor. He hold Darren down as he took his nails into Darren fingers, then he did the same to himself and hold their fingers together. Darren was too scared to move, and it was very painful. 1 week ago, they came to this forest. He told Darren to wait here till he came back and was suddenly gone. Darren didn't notice he started to cry while he told the story. He looked at Mr. Crepsley as he tried to process what had happened to the young boy. "your uncle was/is a vampire, and so are you. He blooded you to a half vampire" Larten said after a few seconds of silence. "Darren, you hungry" Alex asked. Darren looked at him and saw he had cooked meat in his hand, He didn't even notice ha had build a fire. He nodded and have a little smile. Alex gave him a large chunk of meat and gave a smile back. Darren quickly ate the meat, as the only thing he have been eating have been some berries. "thank you" Darren said and looked at both. "we have to take care of each other you know" Alex said and gave him a little blink. "how old are you anyway" Alex questioned. "I am 9 and a half" Darren said. Alex stood up and sat down beside Darren. " How old do you think Mr. Crepsley are" Darren looked up at Alex and then looked at Larten while he was thinking. "maybe 50 or 60" Darren concluded. Alex started laughing "you hear that, you are getting old". Larten shook his head while smiling, "I am actually 200 years" he said and looked at Darren for his reaction. His eyes went big and his jaw dropped, "how is that possible" Darren asked. "you have a lot to learn, but the sun is already up, so it's time to sleep". Darren fell asleep first, close to Alex. Alex looked at Larten after he saw Darren was asleep, "what are we gonna do" Alex asked. "well, we can't leave him here to die, so we take him with us. Maybe we could go back to the Cirque, perhaps Mr. Tall know something about him or what we could do." "I agree with that" Alex said and laid down beside Darren.