Awesomewriter123: I'm guessing more characters will be revealed in the next chapter

Awesomewriter123: I'm guessing more characters will be revealed in the next chapter. A foreign (Sp) man? I think I know who that is! Please update!

Thank you again for your review, Awesomewriter123! Next up, Chapter Eight!

Chapter Eight: Ghost Ed

A man and a group of about twenty soldiers, armed with bows and daggers, trudged through a forest leading to a besieged town. "Row, row, row your goat gently down the stream! Merrily, Merrily, Merrily, Merrily, Life is but grav-eee!" Ed sung as he followed Eddy and the man. Ed wore his "Lothar" outfit, except he didn't have a fake beard on, and he had a battle axe strapped to his back.

"Ed, shut up.", Eddy said, with an annoyed look on his face. Ed has been singing for an HOUR. When will he stop? Nobody knows... Eddy thought.

"OH! OH! I have another one Eddy!" Ed said as he began singing his next song, "Old McDonald had a..."

SMACK! Eddy smacked Ed across the face. "I said to shut up, but what do you do? YOU KEEP ON SINGING!" Eddy yelled angrily.

Ed kept quiet for a few minutes, simply walking beside Eddy. Eddy heard some of the soldiers behind him sighing happily and whispering "Finally..." The man suddenly stopped. Eddy walked up beside the man.

"What's the matter?" Eddy said quietly.

"I thought I saw someone walk across the road a little ways ahead." the man said, fear in his eyes.

"Okay, I'll lead some men up there to check it out." Eddy said, as he walked back to the soldiers who had also stopped. "Listen up. The man up front says he saw someone walk across the road up ahead. So, who want's to volunteer to come with me to check it out?"

All the soldiers stood there, not budging. Some were shaking with fear, some just stood there with a fearful look on their face, and others were emotionless. "Okay, looks like I have to pick people to come with me." Eddy began randomly selecting soldiers out of the group, and when he had about six men, he motioned for them to follow him. Eddy walked up to the man.

"Where did you see this "person" at?" Eddy said, bow drawn.

"About fifty meters ahead." the man said nervously. Eddy nodded, and once again motioned for the men to follow him. Forty yards. Eddy thought as he continued to approach the spot where the man had seen the person. Thirty yards. The men began to get nervous as they drew their bows. Twenty yards. Eddy began to tense up, drawing an arrow from his quiver in anticipation. Ten yards. Eddy began to scan the area were the person had crossed. There wasn't a single movement. Two yards. Eddy looked around once again. He noticed that there wasn't anything making any noise. Not a bird, cricket, or dog.

"We're here..." Eddy mumbled to himself as he and the soldiers looked around. There was nothing. "Maybe the guy was just nervous and thought he saw something. Let's go ba..." Eddy suddenly stopped as a figure walked out of the brush in front of him. "What the..." Eddy said, as the figure looked up at them. It was a woman. She had blood covering her closed lips, and she had reddish eyes. "Hey, do you need some help?" Eddy said as he stepped closer, hand extended. The woman just stood there, watching him. "I said, do you need some..." That was all Eddy could get out before the woman lunged at him, screaming. "AHHHHHH!!" Eddy screamed as she pinned him to the ground. The soldiers drew back there bows, arrows ready to be launched. "WAIT! DON'T FIRE! YOU'LL HIT ME!" Eddy yelled as he desperately tried to push the woman back. The soldiers put away their bows, and drew there daggers. They began to move toward the woman and Eddy, ready to strike.

Eddy turned back to the woman, who had her mouth open, as if trying to bite him. Eddy gasped when he saw the woman's teeth. She had fangs, which were soaked in blood, and all her other teeth were like a canine's teeth. She began to get closer to his neck as she overpowered him. Suddenly she stopped, and fell on top of Eddy, dead from a stab to her back. Eddy pushed the woman off of him, and stood up, brushing dirt off of his armor. "What was that woman trying to do, sir?" one of the soldiers asked.

Eddy began to speak slowly, still a little freaked from the attack. "I don't know. She was trying to bite my neck, kinda like a..."

"VAMPIRE!" Ed screamed as he ran over. "Just like in my comic books!" Ed exclaimed as he whipped out a comic with "Attack of The Vampire Lawyers" on the front. He began flipping through the pages, as if looking for a certain part of the book. "It says that vampires lurk at night, waiting to feast on their unsuspecting prey's blood! And the only way to kill them is to stab them through the heart... or beat them with a groundbreaking defense in a murder trial!" Ed said happily, putting his book back behind his back.

"Wait... if vampires can only be killed by a stab to the heart, then..." Eddy was interrupted as one of his men let out an earsplitting scream. Eddy whipped around to see what the commotion was. The woman had gotten back up, and had bitten one of the soldier's necks from behind! "HOLY CARP!" Eddy yelled as the woman let go of the soldier, and he fell to the ground. She then screamed and ran at Eddy. Eddy rolled out the way, and the woman collided with a tree.

"NEVER FEAR, AS LOTHAR IS HERE!" Ed yelled as he whipped out his battle axe and charged at the vampire. She rolled over to see Ed charging at her, so she rolled to dodge Ed's first attack. Ed had swung so hard, that his axe was stuck in the ground, and he was unable to pull it back out it time before the vampire leaped on him, knocking him to the ground. Ed held the vampire's head back, trying to prevent getting bitten. The soldiers were too afraid to help, lest they get bitten too. Eddy ran over, bow drawn, and shot an arrow straight into the vampire's cranium. She fell on top of Ed, this time; however, she was truly dead.

"Looks like a stab to the heart isn't the only thing that puts those things down..." Eddy said. The soldiers all began to calm down, and put away their weapons. Eddy sighed, and helped Ed up. "That was a close one..." Eddy said.

"It was closer than the U.S.A is to Canada!" Ed said, smiling stupidly.

"Alright, now that that's over let's... oof!" Eddy yelled, as the soldier that had just got bitten leapt on him, fangs bared. "NOT AGAIN! SOMEBODY HELP ME!" Eddy yelled, as Ed came up behind the man and grabbed him under his arms. Ed lifted him in the air, and Eddy climbed to his feet and drew one of his daggers. "I'm... sorry..." Eddy said as he stabbed his own soldier in the chest. The vampiric soldier ceased his struggle, and went limp. Ed dropped him to the ground. Eddy sighed, and began again. "As I was saying, let's go back and get the others."

"OKAY DOKEY!" Ed yelled as he went and retrieved his axe from the ground. They then walked over to where the man and the other soldiers used to be, to see that they weren't there.

"What the... where are they?" Eddy said.

"OH, I KNOW!" Ed yelled. "Before I came and tried to save you, the man said he saw someone else walk by behind them, so they followed him to check it out." Ed stated matter-of-factly.

"WHAT!" Eddy yelled. "Great, now we have to go search for them..." Eddy said. "Which way did they go, Ed.", Eddy said.

"Oh, they flew away." Ed said happily.

"They flew away?" Eddy said, puzzled.

"Yep, those birds that I saw just flew away when you yelled what." Ed said.

Eddy just stared at him a few moments. Then he finally spoke. "Ed, you idiot, I asked where the other people went, not about no stupid birds!" Eddy yelled.

"Oh, you mean the vampire and the others? They went that way!" Ed said as he pointed into a thick brush.

"Okay then, let's..." Eddy said before he stopped. His eyes widened when he realized what Ed said. "Did you say vampire?" Eddy asked nervously.

"Yep!" Ed said stupidly.

"Are you saying that the guy that led us out here is a vampire?" Eddy said, growing tense.

"Yep!" Ed said once again.

"How do you know?" Eddy asked.

"Because when he was talking I could see his shiny vampire fangs!" Ed said.

"Oh great! So now we're stuck out here, while the others get vampire-fied! This just..." Eddy stopped when he saw the man and the other soldiers come out of the brush. Eddy, Ed, and the soldiers went stiff. Eddy was the first to speak. "Um... where were you?" Eddy asked, a hint of nervousness in his voice.

"Oh, I just saw something else back in the woods, so we went to check it out." the man said. "Is something the matter?"

Eddy grabbed his bow off of his back, the other soldiers drew theirs also, and Ed grabbed his battle axe. "Yes. Something is the matter. You're a vampire." Eddy stated calmly, as he retrieved an arrow from his quiver. The man stood there for a few seconds, and the soldiers behind them did the same. Eddy looked at all their necks, and saw bite marks. The mark of a vampire.

"So, you know then." the vampire said. Eddy nodded. The vampire then hissed, and lunged at Eddy, fangs bared. Eddy shot an arrow straight into the mans forehead, and he fell to the ground, dead. He looked up at the other vampires, and they looked at him.

"Uh Oh..." Eddy said as the other vampires leapt towards them. "RUUUNNN!" Eddy yelled as he and the others began running as fast as they could. They didn't know where they were going, but all they knew was that they had to get away.

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Eddy, Ed, and the men stood there panting. They had finally escaped their pursuers, and had made it into a town. Eddy looked up, and scanned the town for life. The streets were littered with trash, and cars were smashed into each other, as if people were trying to quickly escape something. The buildings were still standing, but were trashed and vandalized. All the buildings had smashed windows, broken doors, and were littered with bones. Eddy's eyes met with a sign with the town's name on it.

"Lemon Brook." Eddy mumbled.

Lions, tigers, and Vampires oh my! Read and Review, please!