Chapter 6
There was a huge hiss as a dark figure came rushing towards Ludwig, pinning him to the stone door. Feliciano let out a huge cry as the figure scared Feliciano, "LUDWIG! NO!" Feli cried out as he used his earth powers to send the figure off of Ludwig, who was coughing. "Ludwig.. you ok?" "J-Ja.. I am fine.. but was what that? It sounded like a vampire.." Ludwig said as he got up and looked towards the darkness and saw red eyes looking at them. Feliciano walked in front of Ludwig, "Sta back Ludwig, I will take care of this. This one might be a wild one, feasting on animal blood for years will make them wild as an animal. So stay out of this, please~~" Feliciano said as he smiled at Ludwig and turn to face the figure. Feli walked into the dark room as he used his earth powers to light up the room as he can absorbs fire and use it. "Now come out into the light, vampire, I am no hunter but one like you." Feli said as he was speaking in ancient language. The vampire looked at Feliciano and hissed, "No... you are a hunter.. you with a human.. humans and vampires are enemies... they killed my kind.. there is no more... they died... I saw them.. died.." It said. Feliciano walked forward, "No.. this is not our time, time has came and took over. We are in a different time, please.. time has taken over and there is more hunters, just humans. They do not know we exist, we are fairy tales to them. Please. come out." Feliciano said as he walked closer. The vampire hissed, but then saw that Feliciano was telling the truth, but gasps as he saw Feliciano closer. "No.. no.. y-you can't be alive. I saw them put you in a coffin and seal it with their powers, making them weak. Please tell me you are ghost." The vampire said as he came out of the shadows. Feliciano stopped at he saw the vampire and started crying, "F-Fratello... y-you're... alive... I knew you were alive.. Lovino. It is me.. Feliciano." He said crying. Lovino ran to his brother and hugged him close. "Idiota, you are alive."
In the back, Ludwig was watching this, as he couldn't understand what Feliciano was speaking till he heard Feli cry and saw them both hugged. "I am soo confused here." He said as he watch them returning back towards Ludwig. Ludwig saw who the vampire was and it was Lovino, Feliciano's older brother. Lovino looked at Ludwig and frowns at him. "Fratello, you are telling me that this human is your mate and that wake you? Idiota.. we cannot mate with humans." "no, no, me and Ludwig made a deal. If he falls for me by the end of the year, he will give up his human life and become one of us forever. But if he cannot, I will erase all his memories of me and his year with me, then he can live his normal human life." Feliciano said. Lovino looked at his brother and shakes his head, "Idiota... if you do that then you will go back to sleep forever again. His blood woke you and if you take that away, you will return back to your slumber and I will be alone forever, watching over you till someone comes to become your mate." Lovino said to his brother. Feli's eyes widen as he didn't know about that and that he made the deal it cannot be broken. Ludwig looked a bit shocked as he didn't want Feliciano to go back to sleep and be alone forever. Ludwig cleared his throat and looked at the two brothers. "Listen, we have a year before I leave for my hometown. So if we can um.. get out here. It is really creeping me out here." Ludwig said as he looked a bit scared. Lovino sighs, "Fine, lets go to the library and we can talk there." He said as he and Feliciano left the tombs. Ludwig fallow them behind, still feeling creep out and a bit shaken from that attack.
Once they arrived at the library, Lovino saw that some of the books were saved and that someone was looking at them. Lovino looked at Feliciano, "Have you been reading these?" "Si and Ludwig, Ludwig can understand most of these books by the paintings that we did years ago~~" Feliciano said smiling. Lovino looked at Ludwig and was impress that a human can understand the drawings and some of the language that were written. "You impress me Kraut, not all humans can understand our books. You maybe useful as a ghoul then one of us~~" He chuckles making Feliciano frowns. Ludwig looked confused, "What is a ghoul?" Feliciano sighs, "It is a creature that is human but lives on vampire blood. They live forever along with their master. It is a curse for humans cause they can go into the sunlight, but you need to feed on my blood or you will turn to dust if you don't drink it. I never told you this part cause I never want you to become this, you will be my slave, not a lover." Feliciano said. Ludwig nodded, "Ja, that sound horrible, but I am sure that some humans take this way to serve their master." Lovino chuckles, "Si, but they are fools, for we had some in the past, but they all turned to dust cause they didn't get their blood that were offer to them. So we outlawed ghouls for a short time till I became Head Elder and I brought it back cause we were loosing our kind fast." Lovino said.
Ludwig sighs as he sat down and looked at some books, "Well since we found your brother, we should head back to the castle and rest." Ludwig said. Feliciano nodded, 'Si but um.. we should take these books with us. I want to know what happen while I was asleep." Lovino shook his head, "These books should never leave this place. You know that fratello, it is forbidden to take these books out and-" "Lovino! You are no longer a Head Elder, we are a dead species, it is just you and me. You cannot order me around no more. You are just a vampire like me. So the laws do not matter anymore." Feliciano said. Ludwig looked up at Feli and was bit shocked to see him scolding his older brother. Lovino grunted and he glared at his brother and sighs, "Si, you are right.. we are no longer a court. We are the last two vampires. Go and get your books." Lovino said as he let out a defeated sigh. Ludwig sighs as well, "I will help you Feliciano-" "No, I am good~~" Feliciano said as he whistle and his bats came and started helping him pack some books of the years he missed and also about his father's trial as well.
One they were done packing everything up, all three of them left the old castle behind and headed back to the Vargas castle. Lovino stood at the Vargas castle with tears in his eyes, he hasn't been there in years since the hunters came. He enter and saw that everything was perfectly clean and left the way he last saw it. It was like time was frozen in time when he left it. He turn to his brother and looked down, "F-forgive me... Feli, I never came back to check up on you or made sure that the hunters didn't kill you. I was never a good brother." He said as tears came down his face, hurting and sad. Feliciano smiles as he hugged his brother, "It is ok, if you left your place you've been killed by the hunters and I would've found you. Now that I have, we should take this time and get to know each other better." Feliciano said smiling. Lovino wipe his eyes, nodding, "Si, we should... Hey what are you looking at Kraut!" Lovino yelled at Ludwig, who was watching the whole thing. Ludwig shook his head, "Nothing, I should help the bats put the books away. You two should rest." He said leaving them both and headed to the castle's library to help the bats with the book.
Later that evening, Ludwig went to bed as he was tired from the trip and staying up for days. He needed to catch up on his sleep. As Ludwig was sleeping, Lovino was watching him, looking at him. He felt that there was something connected him to the vampires. He turn to see a vampire sword that was with Ludwig's belongings. "Hmm.. what is this?" Lovino thought as he picked up the sword and saw that it was written in German, thankfully he was forced to read German and read what it said. "Why does this human have his sword?- Huh?" Lovino saw Ludwig's wallet, picked up, and open it to see Ludwig's ID card. He gasps and dropped the sword and the wallet. The noise didn't wake the sleeping blond up, Lovino hissed angrily at Ludwig, "No way.. he is a Beilschmidt.. this changes everything. They were the most powerful family and they were the most loyal to our kind, providing weapons for our wars." He said as he left the bedroom and headed to his own room. "Now it makes sense why his blood waked up my fratello. They were friends of our family since my father was saved by his ancestor. They were blood blond to us and their son was arranged to wed Feliciano before our father was taken away and Feli put to sleep." Lovino said as he turn to see Feliciano weeping by his door. "Shit.. he heard me...".
Feli ran from Lovino's room and into the garden and started crying hard as he lay himself on a garden bench. He felt hurt and heartbroken as he forgot about the arrange marriage. Lovino found his brother and looked at him, "F-Feli.. listen I am sorry that you heard me.. but it is true. Father was gonna announce the marriage the night before he was taken away. You and that boy were so close together and were best friends. Father asked the boy's father to make the boy a vampire and your mate. Father's friend agree and was happy for their son. I am sorry about this..." "No that is not is why I am crying. I am crying cause of that deal we made and it will hurt me more if Ludwig leaves me and never remembers who I am. We are tied together by blood cause his ancestor was gonna be my mate, now.. if he doesn't fall in love with me... he will.. leave me alone.." Feli said looking at his brother. "Please.. Lovino.. I want him to say, forever, but he has a life all plan out for himself and by his father. I cannot take that away from him. I just cannot.. it hurts.. Lovino.. it hurts sooo much.. please Lovino help me.. choose." Feli said as he cried in his brother's arms.