"Oh." She said as if she didn't know why I was here. She moved out of the way and Erika stood there. She was still dressed as she was earlier and I got down on one knee, grabbed her hand and gently kissed it. She blushed a bit and we walked outside together, walking down the rainy streets, careful not to step in a leftover puddle from the rain.

"So peter, why is it you live with the boogie boys anyways? Jack told me about them. They are no good." She asked quietly trying to start a conversation.

"Well… I had nobody to turn to when I was little and then they came along. They made me an offer and I decided that I would take them up on that. And they aren't completely bad." I lied through my teeth. I have the wound to prove myself wrong. But she didn't know it. Without noticing we found ourselves in the graveyard. It was dark and yet from the moonlight we could see the shapes on the headstones. Most of them were sad, some angry. But neither the less we shivered at the sight of them. I knew the perfect place to take her. I led her towards the pumpkin patch since it and the graveyard were pretty close, and up the hill that moves. Cool right? We sat at the top and I began to talk a little about myself.

"Well you know about my parents and all so there is not much to say." I teased knowing she would take the bait.

"Sure there is like…how did you turn your hair red?" she joked and I laughed.

"Let's keep that a secret next question!?" I asked and she thought a minute.

"Okay how about, what was wrong with your chest earlier?" She questioned. Crap I had completely forgotten about her seeing my chest and I should have known she would ask about it.

"Well I uh… how do I put this? I got in a fight with Lock and she accidentally pushed me too hard and I made contact with a kitchen knife on the floor." I lied through my teeth. She gasped.

"I am so sorry about that!" She said.

"Its no big deal I'm fine really." I said as I stared up at the moon. She copied me and I could feel her scoot a little more closely to me and soon her hand was in mine. She rested her head on my chest and sighed.

"Thanks again for saving me peter."

"My pleasure." I smirked down at her. She smiled sweetly at me. Oh how that smile luminated her face! I couldn't help but to chuckle to myself.

"What's so funny?" she asked sarcastically.

"Nothing, it's just… it's ironic that you would end up being a half vampire." She pulled away from me a little bit.

"Is it funny to you?" She asked scrunching up her nose a bit.

"No it's not it's just I am half one myself." I said seriously and she relaxed a bit, and scooted back closer to me.

"And how did that happen?" She asked.

"I'm not quite sure actually. All I remember is being in my house and I had locked the door and the vampire that was attacking broke in and he bit me. But he didn't get to drain me completely and well I became a half vampire." I explained as she put her head back onto my shoulder. I smiled to myself and heard her yawn a bit.

"Sorry about that." She said as she scooted even more closely to me. She chuckled a bit. "My hero." I put my free hand around her waist holding her closer.

"Some hero." I said laughing a bit afterwards. I lent and kissed her on the top of her head.

"Now why'd you kiss me there." She asked looking up to me. "When you can kiss me here?" She asked as she pushed herself up a bit and her lips met mine. We kissed passionately and didn't stop until we heard a twig snap nearby. We pulled away and I saw the lady from earlier. Her green eyes glowing in the dark. I stood up quickly in front of Erika and growled at the trespasser.

"What do you want?" I snarled at her. She took a swift step closer to us and she pointed to Erika.

"Her. I can sense her energy; she would be useful for my purposes. Such energy." The woman said taking yet another step towards us.

"Stay back hag!" I yelled at her and she looked at me as if I was an alien.

"Stupid boy. Do you not know who I am? I am a vampiress. More importantly, the vampiress." She snarled at me bearing her fangs. "And besides, I think your boss would be very disappointed if his henchman didn't keep to the deal."

"What deal?" I snarled beastly.

"Only the one I and your boss made an hour ago. Want to know what it was? It was that we are now partners and that everything between us is shared. Meaning when my legion of vampires take over Halloween Town that we share the crown half and half. So hand over the girl or the deals' over." She threatened.

"One hour. Let me take her to my boss first. If we are sharing, the boss should be able to see if he would like to keep her for our side." I said as I heard Erika whimper behind me as a cold breeze past over us.

"No." the lady said angrily her brow furrowing.

"You have other vampires under your control. This one is ours." I said to her as I gripped Erika's hand and we shoved our way past the lady. She gripped my arm though.

"You're making a mistake child." She said angry.

"No you're going to be the mistaken one if you don't let go of my arm." I threatened menacingly as I pulled my arm away and held tight onto Erika's hand leading her towards the tree house. I opened the door to the tree house and looked around. All the lights were off and Lock and Shock were nowhere to be seen.