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At home, I fell asleep and didn't wake up until Mom shook me awake. Again.
"Mom, what is it?"
"Your father and I are going to Lord McAshton's mansion; can you look after your siblings?"
"Depends… does it actually involve any looking?"
"Alyssa…"
"Okay, okay, I'll watch them."
Mom smiled.
"Good. Pizza for dinner; it's in the fridge. Love you."
"Love you, too."
I fell asleep in peace as she left the room.
I woke up an hour later and went down stairs and heated up a piece of pizza.
"Pizza for dinner!" I yelled upstairs.
15 seconds later Kayla and Tony were pounding down the stairs.
After they had heated up their pizza, Kayla and I headed to my room and tony headed to his.
Just as we had put a movie in my computer I heard a thump from Tony's room.
Kayla looked at me
"Did you-?"
"AHHHH!"
That was Tony.
We sprinted to Tony's room in time to hear Tony say, "Well, I'm not a sister!"
"That's right. We are." I said confidently, stepping into the room.
There was a pale boy lying on the floor. And when I say pale, I mean really, really, really pale. He was dressed in Victorian style clothing. The first thought that went through my mind was vampire.
"Your humans! Full of blood!"
Yup, vampire.
Gonna keep it that way, dude!" Tony said as he ran for the door. The vampire boy got there before he did and stuck to the door, holding it closed. Tony, realizing his exit was blocked, hid behind Kayla and me. My hero.
Vampy, who looked like he was about Kayla's age, lunged at us.
Okay, a little less confident.
Just before the vampire got Kayla, he drooped on the floor.
Kayla quickly stepped forward.
"Are you alright?"
Now, Kayla is a very smart thirteen years old. What possessed her to be even the slightest bit worried about the thing that had come so close to killing her, I don't know. She's a soft one.
"Yes, I'm fine. Now I must go." He said.
"But you can barely walk." Tony pointed out.
"Who needs to walk when you can fly?" Vampy asked as he sprinted towards the window. He jumped off the balcony and hovered in midair for a few seconds before dropping out of the air.
We all ran to the balcony and liked down at his still form. A few seconds later he stirred and groaned.
"I don't know, maybe you?" I called down before we sprinted outside to the boy.
When we were crouching next to him, Tony spoke up.
"Are you okay, dude?"
"Do I look it?"
Huh. A sarcastic vampire. Waddya know?
I grinned.
"I like this kid." I said to no one in particular.
"I need a cow." The little vampire said.
"I can get you a glass of milk…" Tony said.
"No, a cow."
Kayla looked thoughtful. "There's a farm down the road."
Tony perked up.
"I'll get my wagon!" and then he ran off.
While we waited for him to return, I sat down next to Vampy.
"So… how's it going?" I asked to break the silence.
Vampy shot me a look that clearly said really?
"Fine, be that way… jeez."
Finally Tony returned, pulling his wagon behind him.
"Got it!"
"So I see." Kayla said.
We loaded Vampy in to the wagon. He was heavier than he looked. Tony pulled the wagon, and soon we were listening to the beautiful slurping sounds of a cow being drained.
Well, actually, Kayla and Tony were listening. I was watching with shocked amazement.
As the boy wiped his arm on his sleeve, I turned and headed to where Tony and Kayla were standing by the road with the wagon.
Suddenly, the truck covered in lights I had seen the other day was barreling towards us, shining bright light at us, Kayla screamed and I grabbed Tony, hoping it would be quick.
I heard Vampy scream, "Close your eyes!" and obeyed.
After a couple minutes, I felt that we were put down on something squishy, I opened my eyes and gasped.
"We're on a blimp?" Kayla asked, echoing my thoughts.
Tony turned to Vampy.
"Thanks dude, you saved our lives. That truck was gonna flatten us!"
"You keep calling me dude… my name is Rudolph." He said.
"I'm Alyssa, this is Kayla, and this," I messed up Tony's hair, ", is Tony."
"Dude is slang for friend." Tony explained.
Rudolph looked at us. "A friend?"
Tony nodded. "Yeah! We saved each other's lives, didn't we?"
Rudolph smiled. "Yes. Friends." He looked at Kayla and me. "Are we friends as well?"
I returned the smile. "Yeah, man!"
Kayla nodded and said, "Of course!"
Tony jumped up. "Come on! Let's play!"
He and Rudolph began to jump on the blimp like a trampoline.
Kayla and I looked at each other and shrugged as we joined them.
"My best friend is a vampire!" Tony screamed at the top of his lungs.
We jumped until we were out of breath. When I sat down to rest, I glanced at my watch.
"Holy crap!" I almost screamed.
Tony, Kayla and Rudolph stopped jumping and looked at me.
"Guys, its 11:56!"
Kayla started freaking out.
"Oh, my god! Mom's gonna kill you! Then she's gonna kill me! And then she's gonna kill Tony and leave us to the crows!"
Rudolph looked alarmed. "What! Is she alright?" he asked gesturing to Kayla who had put her head between her knees and was muttering "Oh, my god!" under her breath over and over.
"Huh? Oh she's fine. Just a little melodramatic. The real problem is that we gotta get home before our parents do!" I replied.
Tony looked at Rudolph. "Rudolph, how do we get down from here?"
He chuckled. "We fly of course!"
Kayla who was on the verge of hyperventilation, looked up. "Yeah, but we don't." she pointed out.
Rudolph smiled. "Well I got you up here, didn't I?"
He held out his hand to help her up. Kayla nodded uneasily as she took his hand.
"Tony, take my hand. Alyssa, hold on to Kayla. Tightly."
"Kay."
I gripped Kayla's arm really tight.
"Lyssa, you're cutting off the circulation in my arm." Kayla said patiently.
"Sorry." I loosened my grip. "In my defense, he did say tightly."
"Yeah, not that tight."
"Sorry." I mumbled.
Rudolph had been watching us with an amused expression on his face.
"Ready?" he asked.
Kayla and I nodded.
Suddenly we were flying. It was amazing.
"Whoa! We're flying!" Tony said in a shocked voice.
Kayla rolled her eyes. "No dip, Sherlock."
Tony ignored her. "It's great to be a vampire."
Rudolph smiled sadly. "Membership does have its privileges."
"I didn't expect vampires to be this friendly." I commented.
"We are a family, not fiends. That's why we only try to drink cow's blood." Rudolph explained.
"Wait, but I thought vampires drink human blood." Kayla said, confused.
"We do, but we try to make do with cow's blood because we have been hunted for centuries. We always have to hide. We want to become humans, not eat them for dinner." Rudolph expalined.
As we neared the house, I saw a car pulling into the driveway.
"Oh god, it's them! Hurry up, Rudolph!" Kayla said.
We landed on Tony's balcony. Tony and I jumped in to his bed and Kayla plopped into his bean bag and pretended to be asleep. Tony was already 'asleep'.
I heard the front door open and moments later I heard my parent coming up the stairs. I barely had time to glance at Rudolph and mouth the word 'hide' before I dropped my head onto my pillow and closed my eyes before Mom and Dad entered the room.
I lifted my head sleepily and asked, "Mom? Dad? What's wrong?"
"Nothing's wrong. Why are you girls in Tony's room?" Dad asked.
"Oh, well, Tony had another nightmare and was yelling in his sleep so Kay and I came in and stayed with him." I said thinking fast.
"Oh. Okay. Well, goodnight. Love you."
They headed to the door. I was just about to breathe a sigh of relief when Dad stopped suddenly.
"Wait. What's that smell?" he asked.
He and Mom sniffed the air. I looked above their heads and almost gasped when I saw Rudolph, clinging to the wall like Spider-man. He smiled and put a finger to his lips.
Dad walked over to the window and shut it.
"Goodnight. I love you."
I smiled. "Love you too, Daddy."
They exited the room and shut the door behind them. I didn't move until I knew they were in their room.
"Okay, the coast is clear." I said quietly as I got out of bed.
Kayla sat up and grinned at me. "Impressive."
I grinned back at her. "Aw, thanks, sis."
Tony sat up.
Rudolph was suddenly next to me.
"They seemed nice"
"And tasty?" Tony asked.
I hit him upside the head.
"Ow!"
"No, they look nice, as in very nice." Rudolph said.
Kayla shrugged.
"Eh. I guess."
Rudolph made his way towards the balcony.
"I suppose I should take my leave." He paused and looked back, "I haven't had so much fun with children my own age since I actually was thirteen. Thanks… dudes"
Tony shrugged and said, "You can stay if you want."
Rudolph looked out the window and tensed, "Perhaps I should."
"Do vampires always sleep in coffins? Because that could be a problem." Kayla said.
"Anywhere the sun can't find me." Rudolph said calmly.
"Tony, the chest." I said referring to the empty toy chest at the end of his bed. I opened the lid and shoved the pillow I had been using in at the end.
"It's not much, but-" Kayla began.
"It's perfect." Rudolph cut her off.
"Oh… okay, then." Kayla said.
"Night Tony." I gave him a hug and kissed him on the head.
"Goodnight Rudolph. It was great meeting you."
"It was a pleasure meeting you as well, Alyssa." He responded politely.
"Night, Rudolph." Kayla said.
"Goodnight, Kayla."
Kayla and I left the room and said goodnight to each other before going into our respective rooms.
I fell asleep to the sound of soft voices coming from Tony's room, and wondering if that night had been a dream, of if my siblings and I had indeed befriended a vampire.
Okay, I know Rudolph was like nine in the movie, but let's pretend he was thirteen. Question of the day: what is the most ironic thing about you? If you review, I will love you forever!
