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Training
"Alright, guys, it's time to train." David's voice called the Frog brothers and Marko to attention. "Uh, which one's Edgar and which one's Allan?" David stage-whispered to me. He'd heard me talk about them so many times he knew their names.
"The dark-haired one is Allan. The completely gorgeous one is Edgar," I murmured back, smiling at my boyfriend. He grinned back, unaware of what passed between David and I. My vamp leader grimaced at my word choice, but turned to the others without a word.
"Alright, Allan, I see you've brought a backpack. Am I to believe that there are weapons in there?" David asked- I was surprised at how official and calm he sounded. Allan nodded shortly, pulling the backpack off of his shoulders and setting it to the ground at David's feet. Picking it up, the white-haired vamp quickly rummaged through it, hissing slightly at the stakes, the Holy water, the cross…well, pretty much everything. That's why I was surprised when he started laughing and pulled out a string of garlic.
"Boys, garlic doesn't work," he told them, still chuckling with slight contempt. Edgar clenched his fists and Allan narrowed his eyes. "What do you mean it doesn't work?" Allan demanded angrily. "I mean it doesn't work. Did I stutter?" David snarled, stalking forward until he towered over the two of them.
"David!" I snapped, rushing to stand protectively in front of the Frog brothers. He glared at them for a moment longer and then threw the backpack at Allan. "Take out the stuff…I'll get some gloves," he growled and stalked off.
I whipped around to glare at Allan. "Dude, you don't piss off the leader of a coven. He'll kill you," I hissed to him. "Well, he shouldn't act like we're inferior. We've killed vampires before!" Allan whispered back, his eyes glinting fury. "I know, I know. But please, just try to cooperate, okay?" I pleaded. Allan sighed. "Fine." I turned to Edgar, still earnest. He nodded without saying a word.
When David came back, he shoved a pair of gloves at me and Marko, and then slipped some on himself. "Alright, I don't suppose you brought enough weapons to go around?" David asked the brothers. "We always have enough," Allan retorted, emphasizing the word "always". I squeezed my eyes shut, awaiting David's anger, but it never came. He merely nodded. Even so, I could sense the tension between the two of them. Clearly, Allan and David weren't meant to get along, just like Paul and I weren't meant to get along.
"What do you want us to start on?" Edgar asked, clearly sensing exactly what I had been. "Stakes," David responded without hesitation. Without another word, Edgar started to hand stakes to all of the members in our group. I was slightly irritated that they'd brought a lot of stakes- as if they'd thought my brothers really would have eaten them- but I didn't say anything. Whatever made them feel better.
I was all prepared for David to start out the lesson with cool confidence. But he didn't. I looked up, surprised, and saw him fiddling with the stake, looking embarrassed. "Edgar, come and show us some moves," he finally grumbled, grudgingly. Edgar blinked in surprise and then stepped up to take David's place.
"Alright, first there are just some basic moves…" he began, seeming hesitant. As he kept talking and leading the instruction, his voice grew in power and authority, and by the end of the stake lesson I was very proud of him.
"Are we coming back here tomorrow?" Edgar asked, looking at me. "Yeah, I think so," I said, glancing at David for approval. He nodded once. "Alright, then, tomorrow night, we'll start a lesson on how to throw a stake and how to hit the heart." I blinked in surprise. "You know how to do that?" I asked, incredulous. "Well, I'm still learning…but I figured, why not practice it?" he said, a bit sheepish.
"So, what next?" he went on, turning to David. "How about Holy water?" he suggested. "Alright. Allan, could you pass out the water guns?" David tried unsuccessfully to stifle his snicker. "Water guns?" "Well, Holy water does hurt vampires, does it not?" Edgar replied steadily, unaffected by David's contempt. As soon as Allan had passed out the water guns, we all turned to face Edgar for another lesson.
For about an hour, we learned different ways to handle vampire hunting weapons, until David suggested we switch into the battle-training. Edgar and Allan just about exploded with excitement, but David had other plans. "I'm sorry, Allan, but the others will need an instructor for the weaponry. I want you to lead them."
Allan's eyes grew wide with rage and shock. "What?" he hissed, but I quickly stepped up to stop him. "Uh, David, if you don't mind, I'd like to teach them actually. I know how to fight physically better than them. No offense, it just comes naturally with being a vampire," I added quickly to the Frog brothers. David grimaced but nodded. "Oh, fine. C'mon, let's get started," he barked to the others as I headed off to the other group.
"Hey, thanks, Megan," Allan murmured to me and I grinned. "No problem. I just didn't want him to suck your blood," I teased and he rolled his eyes at me. "Oh, you know that he would never do that!" he replied sarcastically and then rushed over to the battle-training group.
I spent about an hour with the weaponry group, and then both groups stopped to rest for a while. "Hey, how about we go to the Boardwalk?" Laddie piped up excitedly. "Yeah, I'd love that," Star added, and I could tell by the sparkle in her eyes that she was thinking of the older brother that the Frog brothers had been talking about. I knew David couldn't like that, but everyone else wanted to go to the Boardwalk, so it was unanimous.
"Are you flying?" Marko asked me as we all headed out of the cave. I glanced at Edgar and Allan. "I don't think so," I replied. "You can fly if you want to," Edgar told me quietly. Both he and his brother were staring at me and my cousin, mystified.
"You know, I could probably give you guys a ride if you wanted," I began. "One of you could ride on my back, and then I could just hold someone else." I don't know why I suddenly wanted them to see the world from above- maybe it had something to do with their mortality… But no matter what it was, I could tell the Frog brothers felt the same.
"You can hold me," Allan said. "Edgar can ride you," he went on. Edgar immediately punched Allan's shoulder. "Ow, dammit, that hurt!" "That's what you get for being a smartass," I growled at him and he just grinned. "Fine, I'll be a dumbass." Rolling my eyes, I crouched down so Edgar could hop on, glaring all the while at Allan.
After a moment, I stood up and then floated into the air. "Oh, wow," the brothers said in unison. "Here, grab my hand. I won't let go, I promise," I told Allan. He took hold of my hand, clutching at it with an iron grip. It didn't really hurt me, it was just a bit uncomfortable. I knew that if I'd still been human, I would have felt like he was tearing my arm from the socket.
And with that, I bulleted into the air like a rocket. "Holy shit!" the brothers both yelled and I laughed, swirling in the air while trying to catch up to my coven, who'd gone on ahead of us. The ocean glittered below us, silver and white and indigo all jumbled together like an intricate puzzle peace. The fresh, cool smell of a late summer night surrounded us, and, as I looked up, the stars sparkled like diamonds in a black curtain.
"This is amazing," Edgar murmured to me and I twisted my head to the side to smile at him. "Like you," he went on, his voice growing soft with emotion as he pressed his forehead to mine. Love like fire raged, in the pit of my stomach and deep in my heart.
"And you," I replied, pressing my lips to his. My mind grew fuzzy, and my heart fluttered in my chest like a canary in a cage. I hadn't realized we were spiraling through the air, swirling down toward the ocean, until Allan's terrified cry burst into mine and Edgar's personal bubble.
"Dammit, Megan, stop kissing my brother and start flying!" he screamed at me. "Oh, shit!" I said- the water of the ocean appeared to be rushing up to greet us as we fell. I tried to pull up, but with the extra weight of the brothers, it was too late and we plummeted into the salty water.
Wow, smart of me, huh?
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