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I jolted out of my dream/nightmare. H-he's dead? No, that can't be. He said he'd be back...a few months ago. Maybe he really is dead...
NO! I refuse to believe it. He is alive. He has to be...
I found myself covered it sweat, the blanket on the floor, and suddenly remembered something.
Mr. Crepsley tracking down Mr. Tall. He said he had a "mental connection" with him, right?
So Mr. Tall would know if Mr. Crepsley was truly dead or not! I got out of my tent, and sprinted to Mr. Tall. My feet barely even touched the ground.
When I came up to the door of his trailer, I knocked once. No answer. Knocked again. No answer. I began to panic. I needed answers about my fa-mentor. My mentor. I needed to know if he was okay.
So I thought of knocking a polite third time, then if no answer, walk away. But I was too panicked to think clearly.
"MR. TALL- ANSWER THIS DAMN DOOR! HEY, YA HEAR ME? ANSWER THE DAMN DOOR!" I cried, tears streaming down my face. Why am I so upset? I thought this while I was pounding my hands rapidly on the door.
"Darren. Please, calm down." The familiar voice called out to me half way across the camp.
I turned around, and he was here. Mr. Tall.
"Why weren't you in your trailer?" I asked in a timid voice.
"I had some other things to attend to. What is it that you need, Darren?" Mr. Tall replied, in a calming voice.
"I need to ask you about-"
"Larten. I figured," He said, replying to the nod that I gave.
"Give me a moment." He closed his eyes and paused for a moment."He is alive. He is at Vampire Mountain, like he said he was going to be."
Relief filled through me, so powerful I almost fall!
"Then why hasn't he come back yet?"
"I don't know. Now, please go back to sleep Darren. We start packing when everybody's up. We leave before sunset."
I nod, and go back to my tent. When I fell asleep, that time, I didn't see Sam. I dreamed a dream. A real dream, the first time in months, if not years.
When I woke up, I got out of my tent to see the Cirque packing up. I went back inside my tent and got everything that I had packed up. It only took a few minutes because Evra had most of the stuff that we shared in our tent. I only had clothes, my hammock, and my journals. So in about 15 minutes, all of my tent was packed up.
I went out of my tent to see if anybody needed help, but when I walked out, I accidentally walked into...of course...dammit...
"Well hello, halfie. How we doing today?" Chris sneered. He calls me halfie because he's a full werewolf. He turns into a wolf on command, ever since his dad died, he got the power. So whenever he wants, he could easily kill me in a wolf form. So he teases me because I'm only a half vampire. He doesn't-or rather, didn't- tease Mr. Crepsley because a vampire could easily kill a wolf like them. But a half vampire could be killed by them.
"Go away, Chris. Nobody wants to see you right now." I growled through my gritted teeth as I begun to walk away.
He grabbed my shoulder and spun me around and held me there, looking at his dog-ugly face.
"Bite me. I dare you. Hey, how's it been since Evra left you all alone? I heard that the little person, Harkat was it, had to take care of you? Can't function without mommy here, huh?"
"I'm warning you," I growled, " Let me go. NOW."
"Or what? You gonna fight a wolf that's as tall as Crepsley on all-fours?"
"I just might."
A lot of the cirque members had come out of their packing habits to see what was up. Evra had yet to show up, though I doubted if he was ever going to show up.
I tried to get out of Chris's grasp, but he kept me firm in his hands. So, I pushed with all of my strength. He actually flew back about 5 feet, stumbled and got back on his feet. I knew that I just made a mistake and probably shouldn't had done that.
He growled, and shouted "OH! LOOK AT THIS, HE WANTS TO FIGHT. WELL, LET'S GIVE HIM A FIGHT!" He jumped into the air, turned into a grey,with black streaks colored wolf.
He jumped at me, and knocked me on my feet. His muzzle was at my face when I kneed him in the gut, he backed off me whining and then growled. He looked pissed off.
I scrambled to my feet and started to run in the opposite direction towards the woods, but he charged at me and was literally snapping at my feet. If I didn't have my vampire powers to help me run, I would've died by now.
Some of the cirque members started to freak out when I was getting up and running, but they didn't have to worry for long, because he caught up with me.
He leaped at me when I was still running, and bit me in the hip. I fell down, screaming in agony. He tore off a chunk of flesh like a wolf eating a deer. I screamed and cried for help.
In the background, you could hear some of the Cirque members yelling and coming this way.
Chris was about to bite me again, when Mr. Tall grabbed him and literally, threw him away from me.
The Cirque members got here and gasped when they saw my hip. Mr. Tall was already working on it, but he looked doubtful.
"Darren, listen to me very carefully, okay?" I nodded. "Your hip will be damaged for a very long time; if not forever. You are going to limp very badly for a while until you get used to it. I am going to tell Larten about this when you are asleep. Now, I am going to take you into my tent and help you rest. Miranda, will you drive me and Darren?"
After that, everything was a blur. I went with Mr. Tall and rested in his trailer. I fell asleep. When I woke up, I was in my hammock and Mr. Tall was in my tent, and explained that we got here about ten hours ago and I was asleep for a while. Mr. Crepsley wasn't happy when he heard about my leg, but he's not going to come back. Chris was punished and now has to do my chores until I get better, and nobody knows when exactly that's going to be. So right now, I was just lying on my bed.
Harkat came into my room, and jumped on my bed.
"Hey, Darren. How's the leg?"
"Good." I answered while I was chewing some eggs I got from Hans when he brought me some food( I can't walk yet, so I asked some people to help me get food, water, change my clothes, stuff like that.) But the worst part was changing the bandages. Not only did it hurt like hell, but it looked horrible! With all the blood and marks, it looked like a wolf bit out of it and ate some of it. Oh wait, it did.
"Well, maybe sometime you and I could... do something fun."
"Maybe. My hip needs to heal though."
"I know. Hopefully you'll get...better soon."
"I know, I do too."
Harkat smiled up at me, and shook his head.
"What?"
"Nothing. Just dwelling...on memories."
"Like what?"
"The time you were burned after your trails. And how...Gavner and I called you Mr. sausage and Toasty."
"Ha-ha. Why ya thinkin' of those now?"
"Because back then...you couldn't move, let alone...walk. So it's kinda the same now only Mr. Crepsley isn't..." Harkat stopped before the end of his sentence because I'm still kinda sore about that.
But, I've changed. If he's not coming back, there's nothing I can do about that. I might see him again, might not.
"It's okay, Harkat. I'm over that. He can never come back and I won't care."
Harkat nodded and took a deep breathe through his mask."I'm glad. You were...freaking us out when he first left and you were all depressed."
I nodded and said my agreements to that.
After about a hour, Harkat left. He had to go back to the other little people and do some stuff with them. I have no idea what they do, but they run around in the forest.
"Bye, Darren. I'll see...you soon."
"Okay. Bye, Harkat."
He was about halfway out the door, when he turned and looked at me in the eyes.
"Y'know, Darren...you look like you should have some fun. Would you like to come with me?"
"no thanks, I'm kinda tired tonight. I think I'll just stay here and rest my leg."
"Ok. Bye Darren."
He turned around and left this time. A few minutes later, I could hear the whoops of the little people.
But as I was falling asleep, I thought of a scheme. A good one too. I think Harkat is right.
Harkat was right, I was really depressed. I still am a little.
But he's right about one thing...
I need to have some fun.
Well guys, how was it? Sorry for the long wait! But I tried to make it a little longer than the others. There's going to be a fight scene in the next chapter. Bet you guys can guess who it's going to be. Tell me in a review!
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