Ragamuffin heard sounds early in the morning. It stirred him and he looked to the clock up on the wall from where he lay on the sofa. It read four A.M., however, Ragamuffin wasn't sure if that was the accurate time or if the clock had been broken and was stuck at that specific time.
Ragamuffin didn't need to sleep much, it was moreso a pleasure for him as was eating anything that wasn't.. well, Human. The only things he truly needed to do for his body was bathe and eat humans when the hunger arose.
The "vampire scourge" as he called himself sat up and rubbed his eyes, pondering where the sounds that had woken him were coming from. It was possible it was Lenore, but, if it was so early in the morning, she would probably still be sleeping soundly upstairs. Ragamuffin rolled off the couch and brushed himself off. There was always a thick layer of dust on everything in that mansion no matter how many times Ragamuffin or anyone else cleaned it.
Ragamuffin walked around to the staircase in the front of the house and quietly walked up the steps. Once he reached the second story, Ragamuffin peered into Lenore's room and to no surprise, she was still asleep. Ragamuffin began to turn away when he once again heard the soft sounds once again. To his almost supersonic ears, they sounded like scratches and as if something was moving around. Ragamuffin brushed it off as a rat or something. They had several of those running around, even though Lenore liked to "play" with one if she happened to find one..
Ragamuffin headed back towards the stairs when he heard another noise that caused him to turn around.
"Ragamuffin..?"
He saw Lenore, sitting up in her bed. He or that rat must have woken her up, by accident. He walked into her room and sat down beside her.
"Hey, what are you doing? Go back to bed, kid," He patted her on the head.
Lenore rubbed her eyes, "But I'm not tired..!"
"Are too, I just saw you asleep a few seconds ago."
Lenore merely pouted in response.
Ragamuffin grinned. She really was just a child.
Lenore looked up at the vampire next to her, "Tell me a bedtime story! Then I'll go back to sleep!" She exclaimed.
Ragamuffin's grin faded, "Are you serious? I'm not telling you a freaking story!"
Lenore's facial expression was the definition of 'devastated'. Even tears began to well up in her eyes.
"B-b-but..!" She whined.
Ragamuffin sighed, "Fine.. Jeez, you're one manipulative little girl, you know that?"
Lenore perked up immediately and smiled.
Ragamuffin crossed his legs and wondered what kind of story he could tell her. Lenore sat there eagerly waiting for what he would tell her.
"Okay.. Once upon a time, there was a little kid named.. Daisy.. And she uh.. Uh.. Went.. to the store.. There she found a friend.." Ragamuffin was at a complete loss.
Lenore crossed her arms, "This story sucks."
"Shut up!"
"You're a poopy story teller!"
"No I'm not!"
"Yeah huh!"
"I'm not! I-I'm awesome! At everything!"
"Liar!"
"I'm not lying!"
"Yes, you are!"
"No, I'm not!"
Lenore smacked him.
"Ow! Don't hit me!" Ragamuffin looked at her crossly.
Lenore wasn't afraid, she was hardly afraid of anything and Ragamuffin was practically at the bottom of the list. But, even if she wasn't afraid of him, she couldn't deny that he was stronger than she was.
Ragamuffin picked Lenore up, much to her displeasure, and tucked her back into bed. He did this tightly enough so she couldn't get back out.
"Hey! No fair!"
Ragamuffin put on a sweet smile even though the both of them knew it was hiding a menacing one.
"Oh no, you need to sleep, so shut up and sleep." Ragamuffin turned to leave.
Lenore made a noise that had a mixture of rage, discomfort and fustration. Ragamuffin just went on down the stairs feeling victorious.
After a while, Ragamuffin heard Lenore stop whining. He went back up stairs and found that she had fallen back asleep, he face still looked a little agitated.
Ragamuffin sighed and ran a hand through his black hair. Gently, he untucked Lenore, patted her on the head and left the room.
This proved to be a terrible mistake as Ragamuffin had decided to take another nap.
When Ragamuffin awoke, someone had drawn all over his face.
In permanent marker.
"LENOOOOORE!"
