HELLO! Ok. I have a couple of questions…
HyaHya: What exactly do you mean by 'can Miss McCauley be enlightened of the vampires status?'? I'm a little confused…
Catlover: what do you want them to find out about Erin exactly?
Anyway thankyou all for your lovely comments! It really is inspiring and it means a lot that you guys like my style and where this story is going… coz I certainly have no idea! Ideas are welcome, don't forget … Ok. So here is your next chapter…
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Chapter 7
Once Miss McCauley had closed the door the tension rose. Vlad was thinking quickly,
"You'll have to go, Erin. Tell them that now is not a good time and that I will be in contact with them tomorrow…"
"But won't the others suspect something if I'm not there?"
Vlad did his top button up again, "… I'll just tell them that I have sent you to find a fresh breather or something…" He looked deep into Erin's eyes before refocussing, "…Just go, and do It quickly! Before someone smells them..."
Erin held his gaze as the adrenaline pumped around her body. Vlad saw the slightly scared look in her eyes. He wanted so badly to take it away, to suck it out of her so that she would never be scared again. Slowly, he found himself leaning towards Erin's perfect, warm lips.
"VLADIMIR!"
The two jumped back, startled. Vlad ran a hand through his black hair and Erin subconsciously smoothed her dress.
"Go." He insisted.
Erin left. Vlad turned towards his father,
"Dad…I-"
"They're getting suspicious in there Vladdy, what's going on out here?"
He considered how to explain it carefully,
"Well… ummm…" Perhaps it was better to just get strait to the point, "Mina and Jonno have, well… sort of, turned up… and-"
"WHAT?"
Vlad sighed, knowing everyone would hear the rest of their conversation.
"NOW?!"
Vlad attempted to calm his enraged father before he did anything drastic,
"Dad, Erin is looking after it, its ok."
"Pfft!"
"Oh, come on, dad! We can trust her!" Vlad replied in a harsh whisper. Not that it would make a difference to vampires.
"Do you really believe that?"
"Dad! Can we not discuss this now?" His teeth were clenched and his eyes wide, turning black.
"She wanted to kill all of us!"
Vlad turned towards the door to the throne room, groaning and rolling his eyes. His father stopped him.
"Vladdy,"
Vlad didn't turn, but listened.
"…They want to see you in your crown." The Count said, rather regretfully, almost as if he knew what Vlad would do…
Vlad groaned again and whooshed to his room. This couldn't happen. Not now.
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Erin opened the front door to the school and stepped out into the cool night's air. She found Mina and Jonno standing near a black van. She could hardly make it out from the velvet sky. Putting her hands in her pockets, she walked over purposefully,
"Mina, Jonno."
Turning, Mina sighed and crossed her arms. Jonno just stared at the ground.
"Erin. We needed to talk to Vladimir; not you. That is why we came at this time of day…"
"I know, but Vlad's a little…" she tried to find the right word, "Busy at the moment… He said that it would be better if he contacted you tomorrow afternoon or in the evening sometime…"
"This is extremely important, Erin." Jonno pointed out. As if it wasn't obvious enough!
"Yes. I know, but you know what The Count's like. Once he gets his mind set on a celebration, he'll stop at nothing…" That last word faded on her tongue.
"What?"
Erin was silent for a second, unsure of if she had gone too far, "You see, after the final defeat of Sethius… The Count wanted to celebrate… and ahh… that means that there's about… let's say, 20 vampires in the school at the moment…"
They were stunned, although they did not seem to be weapon-less…
"So I think that it's best if you leave before they smell you…"
Mina looked at her as if she was stupid. Of course; Stasis spray! It was standard slayer issue these days…
"… You wouldn't have a spare bottle of that, would you?"
"Are they turning on you?"
"Oh, no!" Erin looked down at her freezing cold bare legs, "It's just that not all the vampires want this truce… so…"
"Right, Jonno." Mina indicated for her son to hand the spare bottle over to the Ex-slayer. He looked reluctant. Mina sighed, signalling with her eyes.
"Go on. Its slayer law to protect all humans, weather we want to or not…"
Jonno handed it over, giving Erin a piercing look.
"… Thanks."
Finally Jonno spoke,
"How do we know we can trust you… or Vlad for that matter?"
"Jonno, he saved your life… and your mum's!"
"But you saved his, after you promised us you would stake him at the next opportunity!" He paused, "And he killed my father…"
"Jonno! We are meant to be discussing peace, not creating wars." Mina interrupted. Jonno backed off, although he was still a little wary.
"Well, I suppose I should get back before they miss me…"
"Right, well tell Vladimir that he must contact us before midnight tomorrow, or we'll come here and come in with weapons; no matter what." Mina fished around in her pocket before drawing out a card, "And give this to him."
It was a business card with the address of the new HQ and the updated guild logo on the right hand corner and a name on the bottom. They guild must have been wimps to change everything after Vlad and his dad had destroyed their UV Ray gun…
"Don't forget." Jonno managed to say before his mum opened the van door.
Erin nodded, looking blankly at the card and the name on the bottom corner. It was the name of the new 'Chief of Guild', and it rang way too many alarm bells.
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I hope you enjoyed reading this chapter as much as I enjoyed writing it… I was doing this instead of homework… hehe…