Title - Hold on to life.
Chapter title - Nightmare.
Author - OblivionsGarden.
Genre - Romance/Supernatural.
Disclaimer - I do not own The Little Vampire in anyway, shape or form. For this chapter I only own, Ellen and Evelyn Blackshaw, Trina, Lacey Gregson and Jeremy.
A/n - No vampires yet, but they shall be in the next chapter, I promise. (:
Thank you - To everyone who reviewed and faved and alerted, you all effing awesome. :D

-C.2-

The next morning when Tony awoke, he dressed as fast as he could before bolting down the stairs and into the kitchen where Bob and Dottie were enjoying a nice cup of coffee.
"You're up early." Noted Dottie.
"I know. When are we picking up El and Eve?"
Bob laughed at his sons excitement and glanced at his watch. "Well it's only seven. We'll leave at about nine."
"Nine! But that's another two hours from now!" Tony whined.
"We could have an early morning round of golf, seeing as though I'm not at work until Tuesday."
"Your clubs are too big." Tony pouted. "I'll go draw or something."

It was ten to nine and Tony found that he could no longer sit still enough to draw. he was now pacing up and down the driveway, waiting for his parents to get in the car. Eventually the Thompson trio set off to pick up their two new family members.

At the children's home, Ellen was sat on the floor in front of the television, praying that the Thompson's wouldn't take any longer to arrive.
"Hey Trina, did you hear?" The loud voice of Lacey Gregson came from behind El's back. She grimaced and tried to pay no attention to the older girls.
"Hear what?" Came Trina's reply.
"Some poor souls decided to take the Blackshaw's in. How long do you think it'll be before they get dragged back this time?"
El clenched her hands into fists and began to grind her teeth as Lacey's over the top high pitched laugh echoed around the room.
"Oh, Lacey! I think you've hit a nerve." Trina squatted down beside El, a fake smile plastered onto her fake tanned face.
"Well, I for one hope it wont be too long until you come back. You know how we love to throw you and your sister welcome back parties."
El subconsciously pulled her long brunette locks over one shoulder, remembering when the other girls had cut them all off. She still had the scar to remind her just in case she ever forgot, which she doubted she ever would.
"Trina! What have I told you about talking to my sister?"
El sighed in relief at the sound of Eve's voice. Trina stood back up.
"You said not to talk to her."
"So why are you then?" Frowned Eve, curling a piece of her red hair around her finger. Trina and the other girls hadn't picked on Eve since she bought a punch bag out of her saved up pocket money.
Rather than answer, Trina just wondered off without a word, her followers close behind. El stood up and brushed off her denim jeans and straightened her sleeves on her pink blouse.
"Thanks." She mumbled.
"Anytime." Smiled Eve. "What time is it?"
El turned to look at the clock. "Half ten. Why?"
"The Thompson's should be here any minute."

The sisters went into their bedroom to bring all their bags and boxes down, not wanting to be in the home a minute longer than necessary. Tony and his parents arrived soon after. Before returning downstairs to greet her new family, Eve stopped to check herself over in the mirror. She was wearing a pair of black jeans with a 'Run Dmc' tee and black hoodie. She smiled tucking a stray piece of hair behind her ear before grabbing her trainers and running down the stairs. "EVE!" Tony came hurtling down the hallway before colliding with Eve and wrapping his arms tightly around her waist. Eve wrapped one arm around his shoulders and used her free hand to ruffle his gelled hair.
"Alright squirt?" She grinned as she sat down on the bottom of the stairs to pull her trainers on.
Bob and Dottie soon emerged from Jeremy, the social worker's, office, contented smiles on their faces. When they saw El, Eve and Tony stood by the door, they were overcome with a sense of happiness. Their family was finally complete and they couldn't have asked for a better one.

On the drive home, Bob and Dottie informed the girls of their work schedules, where they'd now be going to school, where their bedroom was and the few rules that they had.
"We don't really have many rules." Stated Bob. "Only that Tony's curfew is eight, El's is nine and Eve's is ten."
"And no running in the house." Dottie concluded.
"I don't think a curfew will effect us much." Mused Eve. "We don't have anyone to hang out with so we don't usually go anywhere."
"Well now we can hang out together." Smiled Tony earning a high-five from El.

When they got home the girls were shows to their room which was a plain white empty shell.
"We thought we'd let you decorate yourselves. What do you think?" Smirked Dottie.
"That'd be wicked." Grinned El spinning in a circle.
"Ugh, please not too pink, sis." Grimaced Eve as Bob brought up the last of the boxes.
El surveyed the entire room before turning to her sister, her designing brain kicking into gear.
"We'll split it." Eve stared blankly before El continued. "We both like our privacy right? So if we used like...I don't know a curtain or something down the middle to create a removable barrier then we can each decorate our own sides according to our own tastes."
Eve grinned at her younger sister. "El, you are bloody brilliant." Although El was thirteen, her brain rarely acted it. Sometimes she'd play childish games with Tony and other time it was as if she were the older sister helping Eve through her problems.

They left all their stuff stacked against the hallway wall as Bob drove them to the local diy shop, giving them each some money to choose out what they wanted. Meanwhile Dottie had been given specific instructions on what bed covers and things to get the girls. Everything had been running smoothly...Then they had to decided who gets what side of the room. On one side was the glass doors to the balcony, on the other side was the door to the white and blue tiled bathroom.
"I want the balcony side." Stated El placing her paint pot's on the floor.
"Nuh-uh! I'm the oldest I get to choose first. I choose balcony side." Objected Eve placing her paint beside El's.
"You snooze you loose. I got first dibs."
"What are you five?"
El grabbed Eve's paint and placed it by the bathroom. Eve brought it back, replacing it with El's.
"I need the doors so I can get fresh air to clear my mind when I have a lack of inspiration." Reasoned Eve, knowing it wasn't the best excuse but yet was completely true. She often needed her mind clearing when She was writing or drawing, and fresh air always seemed to do the trick. All the while, Tony had been sat on the floor fiddling with his shoelaces.
"Why don't you just flip a coin?" He asked. The girls exchanged a look before Eve pulled a coin from her pocket.
"Head, I get the balcony." She stated, tossing the money into the air. The three watched as it fell to the floor and Tony crawled over to it.
"It's heads." he concluded.
El pouted but crossed the room regardless to begin with the decorating.
The finished painting by nine but slept in the living room to let the paint dry. Bob and Dottie moved the furniture in on the Monday whilst the girls were enjoying an uneventful first day at school. When they returned home their room was done. El's side was an off white colour with pale pink accessories, bed covers and two abstract art canvases hung on the wall. Very girly in a very sophisticated way. Just like Ellen. Eve's side was a dark plum colour with black bed covers, a wooden desk and her favorite Victoria Frances painting hung above her bed. Dark and minimalist. Just like Evelyn.

That night the girls relaxed in their new beds, in their new room, in their new house, with their new family, finding themselves in a peaceful slumber, until Tony came crashing through the door. El grumbled something about marshmallows in her sleep and rolled over as Eve sat up, struggling to keep her eyes open.
"What's up, dude?"
"The vampires are back." Tony mumbled softly.
Eve frowned. "Come again?"
"I had a nightmare." He stated more simply.
With a sympathetic sigh and smile, she slid back in her bed and lifted the covers. Tony climbed in beside her. "And why aren't you telling your parents?"
"Cause last night dad said he needed to get some sleep."
Eve frowned again. "You had a nightmare last night too?"
"I've had the same one everyday since we got here. There's a gathering of vampires and their leader is holding an amulet up to the moon saying something in a weird language and them a beam of light come from the moon but then..." Tony trailed off, almost sad.
"Then?" Urged Eve.
"The the hunter shows up and knocks the amulet into the sea and some guy dives after it. That's always when I wake up."
"Park life..."
Tony and Eve stared at El's sleeping form after her outburst before they started to giggle, struggling to stay quiet. Eve quickly check the time on her phone. It read 00:47.
"Right squirt, we have school in a few hours, so sleep."
"Great."
Soon the pair drifted off to sleep, Eve's mind now flooded with beams of light, fangs and amulets.

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A/n - If anyone is interested, here is what the girls were wearing when they were picked up from the home.
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