Title - Hold on to life.
Chapter title - Vision
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.

A/n - Hello :D Obviously we get to meet the rest of the family in this chapter, yay :) Oh, and some things are different to the film in here, for reasons that I shall explain at the end of the chapter, x Oh yes and more swearing from Eve now, just as a warning.

-C.5-

El, Eve and Tony hid behind a large, half crumbling statue as Rudolph eagerly awaited his parents landing.
"Mama! Papa!" He called, running into the open arms of his mother. She wore a floor length, elegant jade dress with a high collar. Her blonde hair was in two large mounds atop her head, kept in place by a jade hair band.
"Rudolph! Thank the stars you're safe!"
"My son, you must not stray so far again." Rudolph's father stepped forward. He was wearing a jacket, similar to his sons with dark trousers and boots. His cloak, the collar matching his wife's, gave him a look of dark sophistication, teamed with his slicked back black, graying hair.
"We were afraid..." His mothers dreamy voice stopped as her son cut her off.
"I was only taking the road less traveled."
"And you got lost." She teased.
"Yoohoo!" Came another female voice and the three mortals snapped their heads to the side to see who it was. A girl of about eight was knelt on a head stone, smiling down at Rudolph.
"Anna!"
"Brother darling."
Anna had waist length, wavy, blonde hair and was wearing a beautiful pale red dress. She leant forward and wrapped her slender arms around her brother.
"You're the nervy one. Sneaking off like some day walker."
Rudolph laughed. "I wish." He turned to the older male. "So, father, did you find the stone?"
As Rudolph kept getting interrupted by his father, Eve, who was standing behind El and Tony had the uneasy feeling of being watched. Self consciously she raised her hand to rub the back of her neck as Rudolph's mother looked over in her general direction.
"Gregory?" She called.
Eve spun around, as did Tony and El, to see a boy in his late teens baring his fangs and hissing. Ellen and Tony ran to Rudolph's side in the blink of an eye. Eve however stumbled backward, tripping on her own foot before she landed on her rear end. She stared up, open mouthed, as the boy towered over her.
He was wearing a dark grey trench coat over a yellow and black striped top, black trousers and laced up shin high boots. His hair was shaved at the sides, similar to a Mohawk but the top was spiked and the back left loose. His appearance only added to his menacing look as he growled at Eve.
"Gregory no! She's a friend." Rudolph shoved his brother away and turned to help Evelyn to her feet. They moved over to Ellen and Tony as Rudolph looked at his bewildered family. "They're all friends." He sighed.
Tony expected his father to scream mortals and chase them out of the cemetery but instead, the elder male stared at his son.
"Friends?" He frowned at the unfamiliarity of the word.
Rudolph nodded. "Yes father. I know you forbade us from contact with mortals but I had no choice."
"There's always a choice." Gregory murmured, leaning against a headstone. Tony moved closer to Eve, out of Gregory's reach.
"Not this time brother. You see-"

Rudolph was cut short as a tubby man, clad in leather and chains appeared seemingly out of nowhere, brandishing a large gun equipped with wooden stakes.
"Rookery!" The oldest male hissed as the rest of his immortal family scrambled behind him and into a crypt. When Tony, El and Ellen didn't run away, Rookery glared at them, giving Frederick a chance to escape. Eve slipped Tony behind her, out of Rookery's sight and stared up at him in defiance.
"You know where I'm from, when a man threatens a woman, they're not considered to be much of a man." The fiery red head cracked her knuckles behind her back, picturing the punch bag she had at the foster home in Rookery's place. She hadn't noticed Tony run from behind her, following the cable of Rookery's gun.
"And when a man gets beat by a woman, that's embarrassing. But when a man gets beat by a sixteen year old girl...that is humiliating." Eve stepped forward in front of her sister, hoping she was buying herself enough time to come up with a half decent plan by talking to the mad man. El was thankful that the vampire family had escaped unharmed but now she couldn't see a way out for her own family.
Unbeknown to the mortals, the vampires were watching their every move from the safety of the crypt. Rudolph wanted desperately to go and fight for his friends but his father was holding him back, insisting that it was far too dangerous.
Just as Rookery pulled the trigger, Tony unplugged the cable, causing the wooden stake to land lamely at the hunter's feet.
"And getting beaten bu a nine year old kid...well...you suck really, don't you?" Eve taunted. Rookery stalked toward Tony, who backed away up a hill. Ellen gathered all her courage and dived forward, landing on Rookery's back, knocking him to the floor. As quick as her young body would allow her, she jumped up and she and Eve ran towards where Tony had been previously.
"Tony?" El whisper shouted, clutching desperately to her older sisters hand as the backed away, realizing Rookery was swiftly climbing to his feet. Before El could shout again, her foot didn't connect with floor and she went tumbling down a gaping hole, dragging Eve with her. Back overground the graveyard caretaker was ushering Rookery away before anymore damage could be done.
El rolled onto her side before pushing herself to her feet to be met with the curious gazes of four confused vampires, one concerned one and one clumsy human.
"Ah! You mother-fucking ball sniffer!"
El couldn't help but snicker at her sisters outburst, who was lay on the ground cradling her arm. She knelt beside her and placed a hand on her shoulder.
"What's wrong?"
"I think I've broken my arm." Eve whined using her non-injured arm to force herself into a sitting position.
"You're so mellow dramatic." El sighed. "Let me see."
Sucking in a deep breath, Eve held her arm up, for all to see the odd angle in which it was. Once everyone had hasped in horror, she cradled it to her chest again, releasing her breath. When everyone stared at each other, unsure of what to do, Eve spoke up again.
"Don't worry, I'm fine. Carry on with whatever you need to do, I'll get Bob to take me to the hospital later...Oh and sorry about my language, I tend to swear when in a painful or tense situation."
Ellen knew that most would've thought her sister sarcastic and got her to the hospital but she knew she was being dead serious and so turned to Tony.
"Nice work on unplugging the gun."
"What you did was foolish." Snapped Rudolph's father, his voice not gaining the ferocity he'd hoped for.
"Foolish..." The mother said. "But brave. Rudolph dear, what were you saying before?"
Rudolph smiled, thankful his mother was so reasonable and that over the years she'd ground his father down a bit. "Oh yes...Well, first, this is Ellen, Evelyn and Tony. Guys this is my mother, Freda, my father, Frederick, sister, Anna and my brother, Gregory."
At the mention of Gregory, Eve glanced at him, taking in his hostile form. Why on earth did Rudolph think I'd be comfortable around him?
"Last night Rookery saw me and I was badly injured by his lights. I managed to loose him but I was rapidly loosing strength. As I flew by Tony's window, I heard him saying the ancient words that you say at the ceremony father."
"How does he know? He just a mortal."
Rudolph continued as if his father hadn't said a word. "I flew in thinking they were family. When I realized they weren't I tried to leave but I fell from the sky when I flew. Acting on impulse and left with no choice, I asked for help. Eve carried me to a dairy farm with Tony and El leading the way so I could feed from the cows. Then when I went to leave their house after returning them home, Rookery was still on the prowl. They provided me with a resting place for the day."
"The age of chivalry is not yet dead." Smiled Anna.
"The odd thing is, Tony has dreamt about us...the ceremony. As have Ellen and Eve. They know everything."
"Yes, I saw you all in my dream!" Tony was gaining courage by the second when nobody had yet tried to bite him. "And I saw this too." He grabbed for the necklace that hung around Frederick's neck, the vampire grabbing his hand as he did so. As Tony touched the silver, his eyes glazed over, a vision appearing before him. When Frederick made contact with the boys hand, his sight blurred for a second before he saw a young woman dismounting a horse. El stood rigid, seemingly staring into space, but what she was seeing was not a crypt full of vampires. Eve momentarily forgot the pain in her broken arm as she saw something from an entirely different time.

*A young woman dismounted her horse and cautiously made her way into a cave, where a young male was lay, unconscious on his back. The woman removed her cloak and draped it over the man, revealing a large crest, reading 'Sola Animo Al Manuforti.' The woman noticed, beside the man, a ruby red stone in a silver holder. As she reached for it the man's hand shot up and grabbed her wrist.*

Tony let go of the necklace as Frederick let go of his hand. The girls looked at each other, wide eyed, before turning to Tony.
"You saw it too?" He asked eagerly. The girls nodded.
"Saw what?" Frowned Freda.
Frederick moved to the centre of the room and back again, pacing. "We shared a vision."
"They have a sympathy for our kind." Smiled Freda.
"Young Von found the stone and made his way to Scotland. Plucked from the sea like a merchant ship, just as rumor had it."
"The he could still be roaming free." Freda's smiled increased in size.
"There was a woman I've never seen before. She had a strange coat of arms. We must trace her family, trace her crest."
"We'll help." Everyone turned to stare at Eve. With a struggle she'd managed to get herself into a standing position. "I understand that you wouldn't want us...mortals involved but you have to face facts. Three extra helping hands from kids who have visions could aid you guys a heck of alot." She'd moved closer to Frederick and held out her good hand, ignoring the holes an angry teenage vampire was burning into the back of her skull. "We promise not tor reveal your secret, dude." Frederick eyed her outstretched fingers before stiffly joining his hand and giving them a firm shake.
Eve grinned. "Right then. I should probably get home and then to hospital."

A/n - Yeah, so I changed up the whole Frederick yelling at Tony thing just cause the poor guy is always made out to be some stern-ass monster. I personally prefer Fred to be a little more...warm. Or completely whipped by his wife. Take your pick. Oh and does anybody actually know what 'Sola animo al manuforti' means? Google translate isn't much help.
Oh, and I just watch 'The Thief Lord' which has Rollo Weeks (Rudolph) in as Scipio. Dude, isn't his voice like super duper deep in that film! I mean obviously it's broke and all but still...I thought it'd been dubbed over at first. Loved it though, Aaron Johnson was awesome too :D And Rookery (Jim Carter) is a good guy in it :D I found it super weird that he was being nice. Haha.