Fated

I woke up the next morning, feeling my face throbbing, and try as I might, no matter how much makeup I used, I couldn't cover it! Eventually I just wiped it all off and decided to make up a lie about how I got hurt. I quickly showered and got dressed, grabbing my bag, and walking around the corner to Tony's. I knocked on the door and a women answered quickly. "Can I help you?"

"Hi, my name is Meg Kane. I'm your neighbor. I wanted to know if Tony wanted to walk to school together."

"Oh, well, it's lovely to meet you. I'm Dottie, Tony's mom. I usually drive him in the mornings. You're welcome to join us if you would like a ride." I was stunned by her kindness.

"Really? That would be amazing. Thank you so much Mrs. Thompson." I grinned as she welcomed me in.

"Just call me Dottie. And it's perfectly fine. I'll drive you every morning if you want, as long as you're here by 7:20."

"That's so kind of you. I would love that." I sat down at the dining room table as we waited for Tony to come down and Dottie placed a plate of eggs and bacon in front of me, as well as one for her son. "Oh, you don't have to do that. Thank you so much!" I couldn't believe how nice she was being to me. My own mom didn't make me breakfast, and here she was, having just met me 2 minutes ago, feeding me before school.

"I hear that most teenagers don't eat before school, it's not a problem at all sweetheart."

"Meg! You're here!" Tony grinned, sitting down.

"What's up little man?" I asked, high fiving him.

"Nothing. Mom, are we driving Meg to school?"

"Of course. And every morning from now on." I smiled at her and ate with Tony, joking around before getting up and washing my plate, as well as Tony's. "Thank you Meg. That's very nice of you."

"Well, you made me food, the least I can do is wash off the plate." I grabbed my bag quickly before following them out to the car, jumping into the back seat.

"So Meg, you're in 9th?"

"10th"

"10th grade. So you go to a different school right?"

"Yes ma'am, but it's right next door." I explained. We made small talk, getting to know each other before she pulled up at Tony's school.

"I almost forgot. What happened to your eye? It looks very painful. Did you put ice on it?" She asked after Tony left and I was getting out.

"Yes I did. I fell into my door last night, and hit my face on my door knob. I'm fine, thank you. I'll walk Tony home after school. Thanks again for the ride Dottie!" I called as the bells rang and I ran off to my building. School was relatively uneventful, and as I waited for Tony outside the building I sighed. I had been there for about 20 minutes before I heard a horn honk and I spun around to see him in his car with his mother.

"Tony got sent home for fighting today." She explained when I got to the window.

"Wow…was it those boys again?" He nodded. "Those same boys were picking on him yesterday, I got rid of them, but Tony did nothing to provoke them." She nodded thoughtfully.

"Get in, I'll take you home." She said and I grinned, hopping in the back.

"Thank you." I said as we drove along and I talked to Tony about his day before the fight.

"Can I go to Meg's mom? I need help with my homework." Tony said and I smiled happily.

"If it's alright with her, I don't see why not."

"Of course it is. Come on dude, I have homework too." We did our homework for a little while on my front porch before we got to talking about last night.

"Just make sure you get home at an appropriate time if you go out with him again."

"Don't you want to come? We could all go flying again." I smiled at how excited he was to hang out with us, but I just thought back to my dad. "Please?" He begged and I sighed.

"Yeah, alright. If you 2 go out again, come get me. I'll leave my door open. Fly up, no more rocks, okay?" I asked, subconsciously touching my forehead which was still bandaged.

"Yeah…sorry about that. We-" Tony was cut off by the truck pulling into my driveway, followed by a drunk man stumbling out.

"Time to go Tony. Come on." I shoved his books into his bag before walking him back home, all the while, my father yelling at my mom to make him dinner.

"Who's that?"

"My dad." I answered as we got to his driveway.

"Does he always yell like that?"

"…yeah. I'll see you later Tone." I said, handing him his bag.

"Bye Meg!" I couldn't help but smile at his cheery attitude before going home and getting my stuff together, walking upstairs. I had finished my homework with Tony, before watching a movie curled up in my bed. After about 9 I figured they weren't coming, and changed into my pajamas, before lying in bed, playing a game on my phone. "Meg!" Tony cheered and I jumped up, nearly falling out of my bed. I reached up to my chair, grabbing my hoodie to cover the scars on my arms. Rudolph stared at them for a moment after I pulled it on, but other than that did nothing.

"Hello Meg. Do you wish to join us?" Rudolph asked nicely and I smiled, pulling on my boots.

"I figured you weren't coming, it was getting late."

"Rudolph wants to know about the amulet in my dreams, the one I told you about, and I told him I would tell him if he took us flying again." Tony explained.

"Blackmail. Nice." I laughed, feeling Rudolph take my hand as we stood on the balcony. We flew around for a little while before Rudolph pointed out where his family lives. "Cemetery. A little cliché, but cool. Great place for vampires I guess." We sat by the mausoleum talking about the stone, and Rudolph's uncle Von for about 20 minutes before he looked up to the sky.

"Oh no, it's my family. Hide!"

"But we're brothers…"

"They don't know that. Go!" He demanded. I pulled Tony behind a large headstone and listened to their conversation, making sure no one saw us. It wasn't until the women yelled someone's name and I heard a loud hissing in my ear that I realized someone snuck up on me. I spun around, shoving Tony behind me to protect him, but the boy had stopped hissing. I stared into his eyes, feeling like I was in a trance until I heard Rudolph's father speaking.

"Mortals!"

"Gregory! Father! They're my friends! Don't hurt them!" Rudolph begged, standing between us and his family. "They saved me last night when Rookery had me cornered. Took me to a cow to feed, gave me a place to sleep. They like vampires, and Tony dreams about us."

"Am I in your dreams mortal?" A girl, no older than 8, who I assumed was Anna, asked.

"They know of the amulet."

"Then they are Rookery's spies." Fredrick accused and I felt rather offended.

"Darling, they don't look like spies." Freda tried to reason, looking at us fondly. It reminded me of how my mother used to look at me.

"Never the less, they must go. Leave I say!" He demanded, hissing and I jumped back as he raised his arms, seemingly about to strike us. I grabbed Tony and hauled ass out of there. It wasn't until I heard screaming that I stopped and turned around. "Rookery! Run!"

I groaned, running back toward the vampires to see Fredrick trying to shield his family with his body. "Tony." I pointed to the cord, plugging in the stake gun and he nodded. He unplugged the gun and Rookery looked around, before seeing Tony and shining a cross light at him. I shoved everyone into the mausoleum, before turning back for Tony, only to see Anna, trying to pull him up a hill and I took off after them. Rookery was behind them quickly and I heard Fredrick yelling from the tomb, trying to get out. Rookery raised his hand ready to strike Anna.

"NO!" I shouted, throwing myself between them and taking the hit, falling to the side. "Run!" I demanded and saw Tony as well as Anna fall into a hole.

"What kind of blood sucker are you?"

"An angry one!" I growled punching him as hard as I could in the face, seeing him stumble and trip over some rocks before I stepped back and fell into the hole in the ground. I waited for the impact of the ground, but it never came. As I opened my eyes I saw Gregory, staring at me as he held me in his arms. "Thanks." I whispered and he nodded, putting me on my feet before turning to his family. I heard shuffling from the hole and looked straight up to see Rookery aiming a flare gun down at us. "Move!" I insisted pushing Gregory away, ripping off my hoodie, and covering his exposed skin as everyone else hid. I waited until it stopped glowing before pulling back. "Is everyone okay?"

"Yes." Rudolph responded, standing up. I held my arm out to Gregory, who just stared at it, as did everyone else. It took me a moment to remember my hoodie was off and he could see my arms. I pulled the hoodie back on at lightning speed, before walking over to Tony.

"What you both did was foolish!" Fredrick chastised as one would their own children.

"Foolish, but brave." His wife stated, looking at me with an emotion I could not read.

"We want to help you. We can help you find the stone." Tony told him and he shook his head.

"It is not wise to involve mortals."

"What harm could they do dear? It's just 2 more people looking when we cannot." He sighed, looking at his wife just as Tony reached out and touched his necklace. They both seemed to go into a trance like state for a moment, before gasping and looking around.

"We shared a vision."

"He has a sympathy for our kind." Fredrick quickly explained the vision and seeing Von grab the stone, as well as the crest.

"You 2 help if you can, but if you betray us, you will suffer more immensely than you could ever dream." Tony nodded and Idoubted he could make me suffer more than my father already does, but I nodded anyway.

"I shall take them home now mother, I'll be back soon." Rudolph said.

"Gregory will assist you. You should not be carrying 2 mortals by yourself." Freda said and he nodded as Gregory walked over to us. Just as we were walking out I felt 2 arms around my waist and looked down to see Anna, clinging to me.

"Thank you for saving me miss." I smiled, kneeling down beside her.

"You're welcome Anna. My name is Meg, and I think we're going to be good friends." She grinned hugging me again.

"I think so too." She walked off toward the back of the tomb and her parents looked at me.

"I saw what you did for my daughter. She would have surely perished. I wanted to thank you myself. You are a kind soul." Freda said hugging me to her. I returned the hug, which seemed to shock her, but I will never pass up a mom hug. I stopped getting them a long time ago, and I can't express how much I miss them. Fredrick nodded at me as I pulled back and I smiled, before following Gregory out of the mausoleum.

He held out his hand and I took it, feeling how cold he was against my skin. He followed behind Rudolph. As we flew through the sky, I couldn't help the smile that overtook my face. "I'll never get over how amazing this truly is." I laughed and I looked over, seeing Gregory looking right at me, smiling slightly.

"Where is your house?" He asked suddenly and I smiled.

"I live right around the corner from Tony, so just keep following Rudolph I guess." I responded, not really paying attention, but looking at the lake we were flying over.

"Why does this make you so happy?" He was genuinely curious.

"Because…you have to enjoy the little things. It's the little things that make life great. Like, listening to the rain on a stormy night, or when someone gives you flowers just because they can, or seeing your favorite band play. Those are the things that bring me real joy, and I will make the most of every single one of those moments."

He just stared at me for a moment, and held onto my hand tighter. "You're a very strange mortal. So which house is yours?" He asked and I looked down, seeing Rudolph landing on a balcony that sure wasn't Tony's.

"Follow them." I said and he did as I asked, landing just beside where they did a moment before.

I looked through the window just in time to see Rudolph jump from where he crouched on the floor, to the end of the McAshton's bed. "I am the fiendish friend of Tony Thompson, and if you do not treat him with respect, you will feel my wrath!" He hissed before he showed his bat wings and pulled Tony outside. I couldn't stop laughing as I grabbed onto Gregory and he took off, holding me around the waist now as I clung to him. I pointed to my house as we got closer and I finally calmed down. He landed on my balcony and I opened the door, making sure my dad wasn't there before inviting him inside.

"I'm sorry I grabbed onto you like that, I just couldn't stop laughing."

"Well, I can't say I don't enjoy beautiful girls holding onto me, but, what had you laughing so hard?"

I blushed at his comment, before sliding off my boots. "Rudolph just scared the shit out of these kids from Tony's school. They've been making his life hell since he got here. If I knew that was on the table I would have gotten him to go to a couple kids from my schools houses."

"Someone hurt you? Who was it?! I will drink them dry!" He exclaimed and I just sat there shocked by his outburst. He took a moment before sitting on my bed beside me. "I apologize. My temper gets the best of me at times. I didn't mean to startle you. I must also apologize for scaring you in the cemetery, I'm very…territorial and possessive. I don't like people around my home.

"I get it, it's cool. I can't really blame you for that…although, I have to ask…I see you as someone who would be upset at having me and Tony around, but you seem to be almost…happy about it. I don't-"

"It's because you're mine now." My body froze at that sentence and I couldn't seem to understand.

"What…what…huh?"

"Every vampire has a mate. They know the moment they meet them. We call them the fated. My parents are fated, Tony is Anna's and you…you're mine. I enjoy being in your presence. I don't usually like being around humans, Honestly, I'm jealous of them living their lives while I'm stuck like this for eternity, but I enjoy being with you. You're interesting."

"But…you'll be human soon…what then?" He smiled, pulling me closer and laying my head on his chest.

"I will have the advantage of knowing who my fated is already…or, soul mate, as you humans call it. After we turn back, we will disappear for a while. I would hope you will wait for me to return. I would like to see you again tomorrow night, I want to get to know you."

"Are you asking me on a date?" I questioned, honestly confused.

"Is that what they call courting these days?" He asked and I chuckled.

"Courting…I think I would like it better if we called it courting. It makes it sound elegant." He smiled, looking down at me.

"Then I wish to court you. Would you allow me to do that?" I couldn't help the blush that overtook my face.

"I would love that. Until tomorrow?"

"I shall see you tomorrow." He stood, kissing my cheek gently, and waving before he hopped off the balcony, and flew home.

"Well…that was eventful." I whispered, falling asleep immediately.

Meg's School Clothes: cgi/set?id=189004198

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