Chapter 2

Roy and Ed stared at Abi in shock, as she bared her fangs to them. When she closed her mouth, they glanced at each other, mouth's hanging open. Roy's eyes suddenly widened.

"What happened to your teeth?!" he cried, pointing to Ed's canines.

"What do you mean? What's wrong with them?!" Ed asked, reaching up to feel his teeth. "Ouch!" he cried suddenly, pulling back his finger.

A small bubble of blood welled up on the tip of his finger.

"Oo…Blood." Shi muttered absent mindedly.

Both the boys looked at her oddly, each raising their eyebrows. Shi snapped out of her daze and focused on them, then smiled innocently.

"You heard that, huh?" she asked, blushing lightly.

"Uh yea…Loud and clear." Ed replied, putting his finger in his mouth.

"Well, that's good. That's one good part of being a Vamp." Abi said smiling.

Roy and Ed stared at her.

"I'm thirsty now…" Shi muttered, getting to her feet.

"Oo! I'll get it!" Abi said, jumping to her feet and racing into the kitchen.

Shi followed her, but at a slower pace. Roy gently grabbed Ed's face in his hands, and, using his two thumbs, pushed Ed's upper lip back over his teeth. Jake looked at them oddly, raising an eyebrow and shaking his head.

"What in the world are you doing to the poor boy?" Abi asked as she and Shi came back in carrying several glasses.

Roy released Ed's face and looked back at her and Shi. Both boys suddenly froze as they recognized the thick, crimson fluid that filled the glasses.

"Here, drink this." Shi said, placing two glasses before the boys on the coffee table.

"I'm not drinking that!" Ed cried.

"But you'll have to in order to stay alive." Abi said, sitting down on the floor between Jake's legs.

"I'll find another way." Ed muttered, pushing the glass away with his finger.

"Just try it. Its not as bad as you think it is." Eclipse said, smirking.

Roy and Ed glanced at each other again, then back at the others. Slowly, Roy held out a hand and dipped his finger down into the blood.

"What if we get AIDS from this shit?" Ed asked, eyeing the glass of blood.

"You won't. Now drink!" Shadow ushered.

"How do you know we won't?" Ed pushed.

"Because, do you honestly think that we would be drinking it ourselves if it wasn't checked. Not to mention, we get the pouches from a near by hospital." Shi explained.

"Its good. Drink it. Its like Vampire coffee." Abi said, smiling.

"Coffee!" Adam said, taking a drink from his glass.

Roy looked at his blood stained finger, then slowly brought it up to his mouth. Ed watched him intently, waiting to see his reaction. Roy nodded slowly and picked up the glass, looking at Ed.

"Its not bad. Try it." he said.

"Really?" Ed asked, raising an eyebrow.

He looked down at his glass, and did as Roy had, sticking his finger into the glass and licking the blood off it.

"Well?" Shi asked, smiling.

"Not bad." Ed replied, picking up the glass. "Although, I can't believe I'm about to drink human blood." he added, taking a sip.

"Well, while we have your attention. I assume you'll be staying here for a while, right?" Shi asked, setting down her glass.

Roy and Ed shared another glance, then looked back at her.

"If we won't be in the way." Roy replied, nodding.

"You'll be perfectly fine. Now, you've only met me and Abi. So, I'll introduce you to the others." Shi continued. "This here is my sister Shadow, and my boyfriend Eclipse. That there is Shadow's boyfriend Shade, our lovable Adam, and Abi's boyfriend Jake. What are your names?"

"Roy Mustang and Edward Elric." Roy said with a smile. "Most people call me Mustang, and him Ed."

"Cool. Mustang and Ed it is then." Shi replied smiling back.

"Sounds like the military all over again, Roy." Ed muttered, taking another sip of blood.

"Eh?" Roy asked, looking at him, and raising an eyebrow.

Ed shrugged and shook his head. The others were silent for a minute, while everyone finished the contents of their cups. Abi was the first to break the silence.

"Aren't you hot in that long sleeve jacket and gloves?" she asked Ed.

"No, not at all." Ed replied quickly.

"Ok…if you say so…" she muttered, then looked at Roy. "And I have a question for you as well." she said.

"Ok, I may have an answer." Roy replied.

"When we helped you in the ally…and Shi and I were pinned up against the wall, and you snapped your fingers….how the hell did you make them burn up like that?" she asked.

"I used Alchemy." Roy replied, smiling at their confused faces.

"Alchemy?" Abi asked, raising an eyebrow.

"Yes. This glove here…" Roy continued, holding up his hand. "Is made of a special cloth, called Ignition Cloth. When I snap my fingers, it makes a spark. Then I use Alchemy to change the air currents, thus making bombs, fire tricks, you name it."

Everyone was silent, staring at him in awe for a moment. Shi shook her head, and smiled.

"Seems we aren't the only ones who can do fire tricks here anymore." she said.

"You can do tricks too?" Roy asked.

"Yep. Me, Shadow, and Eclipse can." Shi replied, nodding.

"Can you show us a trick?" Abi asked.

"Sure, why not." Roy said, setting down his glass.

Ed smiled at Roy as he got ready to do his trick, making Jake raise his eyebrow again. 'Hmm…I wonder about these two…' he thought, watching Ed. Then, shaking his head again, he dismissed the thought and watched Roy closely. Roy snapped his fingers, and a sudden fire irrupted in the fire place, making them jump.

"Wow!!" Shi and Shadow gasped.

"Do it again, do it again, do it again!!" Abi and Adam cheered together.

Roy and Ed chuckled, and Roy looked around for something else to light. He noticed that they had several candles around the room. There where several on each surface that he looked at, so another idea struck him. Snapping his fingers again, every last candle in the room, came to life with flames. Shi looked at the freshly lit candle on the end table next to her, and smiled.

"Wow! THAT is awesome!" she said.

"Thanks." Roy replied.

"Do it again!" Abi and Adam said together again.

"Not now. I'll do more, better tricks later on. Lets just start with that for now." Roy replied.

"Aww, ok." Abi said sadly.

They sat for a few hours longer, just talking and getting to know each other, and getting used to being stared at by huge wolves with bat wings.

WOOT Shi do goooooodddd!

Abi: Jake what's going through that head of yours?

Jake: nothing...

Abi: -raises eyebrow-

Ed: What? Why are you looking at me like that?

Jake: i ain't looking at you like anything.

Roy: Hmm...

Shi: Now he's 'hmm'ing..

Eclipse: JUST REVIEW FOR US!!

Adam: COFFEE!!

Shadow: -slaps forehead- Who mentioned coffee???!!!