Christopher's POV

"They've been following us."

Well if that wasn't news.

Vampires, well hey, that was something new. Maybe not completely shocking, but new. When some strange nine year old plops herself down and proceeds to tell you that there are vampires about you tend to think there's something new about that. Or incredibly wrong. Makes a guy kind of wish he could go home and sleep in his own bed where some blood sucker can't latch on to his neck and drain him dry with in moments. Or maybe I've just seen too many horror movies before today.

Either way, aren't little girls supposed to be just a little afraid of things that go bump in the night? Yeah, Sel was creepy. Even April saw it. And Jalil? Well, the girl was just staying away from Jalil. And then there was David, oh Sel had little to no affect on him. Lucky bastard. Sel just gave me the down right jitters, and really, that's not something that I would admit. So I'm not going to.

"How's that possible?" David asked, running his hands through his hair. "They're vampires. I mean, they're dangerous."

Oh, oh! Boy was he ever so smart! Really, when I grow up? I want to be just like David. Maybe I can name myself General Christopus. Or General Christopiss. "I'm sure that a giant snake is just a pet compared to some vampire."

"Shut up, Christopher," Jalil snapped, shifting his footing.

"Y'know," I commented, stuffing my hands in my pockets. "Sometimes I think that's all I ever hear."

April groaned. "Christopher-"

"Yeah, yeah. 'Christopher, shut up!' Gotcha."

Sel sighed. I don't think I could blame her much. She was nine, and we were all a few good years older than her, and we were all locked away in the same hell. We hadn't even been in Everworld long, and already I forgot why we came, and part of me even forgot I left. I didn't leave. However that worked. Stupid sleeping and dreaming, Everworld screwed sleep up for me, that's for sure. I'm sure that the others agree, and now it seemed like neither of us wanted to go to sleep any time soon after hearing that there were vampires roaming about and all that nice stuff.

Sure, it was strange just having Sel there. Stranger still that she told us that Everworld was changing. How does a place that should exist continuously change? It was like one problem after the next, a cycle that never ended, and this is a very good example showing that I have spent too much time with or around Jalil. He instilled some smartness into my brain. It hurt my heart to know that I could actually be smart, not that, you know, I wasn't already, but to be Jalil smart was just to bee creepy smart. And creepy smart is like geeky smart.

April and David had gone over to a nearby tree, with arms folded over their chests, looking around. Jalil sat down on a rock and put his head into his heads. Me, I just shook my head. Maybe if we all clicked our heels together and wished we were home, we would be able to go home. Oh, if only that would work. It could, but it was very doubtful.

And no one was talking.

Something had to be done about that.

"I know a song that gets on everybody's nerves, everybody's nerves, and this is how it goes-"

"Christopher, will you shut your damn mouth!" David shouted over his shoulders. April glanced this way, and I flashed her a smile.

Of course, little Sel tilted her head back, staring up at the trees. "I need to find my mom," she said to no one in particular, but it was something that we all turned our ears to. "She'd know what to do about the vampires."

"Oh, but her mummy is off in a land far, far away!" Cackled a new voice from the shadows. "Off frolicking in the sun

Two people stepped out from behind a big oak tree, a boy and girl. Both looking no older than either of us.

The one boy flashed us a fanged grin.

"'Ello, duckies."

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A/N: …..This is a poor update, I know. But I figured that I should updated with something at least.