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Chapter 4

Just as the sun sets and the moon rises to take its place, a little Alfred tackle hugged Arthur onto the porch of the old mansion.

Ouch, that hurt. "You know, I'm glad that you were excited but you didn't have to…" Arthur looks down, but instead of finding a young boy, he sees an older teen in his place. WHAT? Arthur thought.

The teen looked to be about 19 years old, and was wearing similar clothes to young Alfred.

"Hey there, Artie." The teen says with a smile, and it was then that Arthur saw a pair of fangs. A vampire! were the words that went through the hunter's mind. Arthur pushes him off and jumps up, preparing to hit him with a lightning spell, but was suddenly hit from behind and forced to his knees. His hands were then brought behind his back and tied. Arthur turned his head and saw a teenaged version of Matthew.

"Sorry about this. But you wouldn't have listened to us otherwise." Matthew said as he was walking towards his brother.

Irritated, Arthur says, "So this is how you vampires seduce your victims? By looking like children during the day and then taking advantage of them at night? !"

"Huh? Seduce people? You've got the wrong idea, Artie. We don't do that sorta thing. I told you, I'm a hero, and heroes don't hurt people." Alfred replies.

"Oh, really? Then tell me how you get the blood you need to survive?" Arthur counters, snidely.

"We ask. Duh, Artie." Alfred says, putting his hands on his hips and brings his face close to Arthur's.

"Get out of my face, you bloody twit! Stop calling me Artie! It is ARTHUR!" Arthur yells, trying to kick Alfred away and having a visible tick mark on his face. "Besides, who in the world would give blood to monsters like you?"

Matthew stiffened. Alfred went right back into Arthur's face, their noses touching. His eyes turned blood red and bared his fangs, when he said, "Monsters? We ain't the monsters here, Artie… there's only one real monster and that is the shadow demon who cursed us."

This caused Arthur to jump slightly.

Sighing, Alfred stands straight up and backs away from Arthur, and began their story. "That demon… Well the beginning is a good place to start. Huh?"

Matthew looks at them both, "Well, we should first start off with the fact that our parents and the both of us are pureblooded vampires. This means that we have more power than other vampires do. And that demon wanted to use this power. When our parents refused to help…"

"Well you already know what happened to them." Alfred finishes. "As for us, he kept chasin us until we flat out refused him, and well, you see, we gots cursed and all."

Arthur lowered his head, feeling slightly bad for what he had said.

"And now just to prove that I'm a good guy, I'm going to get to tell you ALL about my exploits as the awesome HERO that I am! HA, HA, HA!"

Arthur looked up at him and glared. Oh, just my luck… he thinks and sighs.

- One hour later –

"Mattie, here was my side-kick and was totally awesome sneakin up, and scarin him and then I was able to get in front of him and stop the bad guy and help the young lady." Alfred rambled on and on. Occasionally, Alfred would point over to Matthew, who just remained silent, while Alfred was recounting his amazing heroic stories.

OH! BLOODY HELL! Does he ever just SHUT UP! I think I'm going to go insane at this rate… Arthur thought angrily. I need to get out of these ropes, just so I can punch that wanker and get some peace and quiet for at least a moment. Arthur takes a deep breath and thinks: ok, now think…

"And then there was the time that I heroically saved a damsel from a burning building." Alfred continues on.

Arthur looks at Alfred for a moment. He saved a woman from a fire, isn't there anyth… Oh god, why didn't I think of that sooner. Arthur drops his head for a second and then closes his eyes to concentrate. He begins to whisper a chant and in his hands appears a small flame that begins to burn the ropes.

"Oh? Alfred, do you smell something burning?" Matthew asked, as he looked around.

"Hmm? Now that you mention it…" Alfred replied also looking around. Alfred turns to Arthur, just as the ropes snap. Arthur jumps to his feet and begins another chant. Alfred charges at him in order to subdue him again, but was too late. Arthur finished his spell and a gust of wind nocks Alfred and Matthew back to the ground. Arthur begins to chant another spell, but before he completes it, because he is suddenly surrounded by vines. He looks over to the twin vampires and they are also surrounded as well.

"You know it's not very smart to get caught in your own spell." Alfred laughs, while looking at Arthur.

"This is not my magic!" Arthur yells back. Growling, he adds, "Who is doing this…?"

Off of the different vines, buds start to appear and they turn into roses.

Seeing this, Arthur realizes who it is and yells, "Francis, you damn wino, get out here now and release me!"

Stepping out from the nearby shadows, Francis appears. The man has shoulder-length blonde hair, blue eyes, and a little bit of stubble for a beard. He has a very gaudy but modern look, a brown overcoat with a blue shirt underneath, a pair of red pants, and black boots. As he walked forward, towards Arthur, rose petals were raining down and making a pathway for him to walk on.

"I SAID TO LET ME GO, BEARDY!" Arthur yelled again.

"Now, Angleterre, it isn't very polite to yell and call someone names, when you want to be released." Francis calmly replies, as he reaches Arthur and pats him on the cheek. "Do you promise that you aren't going to go and attack anyone? Only then will I release you," Francis smiles.

Arthur growls again, turn his head away, and close his eyes in frustration. "Fine."

Francis smiles brighter, and snaps his fingers. At the sound, the vines disappear from view.

Finally released, Arthur asks, "So what are you doing here, Francis?"

Putting a hand on his hip, and raising the other to point up towards nothing in particular, he replies with another smile, "Oh, I just came here to rescue the damsel in distress from the little vampire twins you encountered."

Arthur stopped and glared at Francis, a bright fire in his eyes, and said, "What did you just say?" His fists begin to shake at his sides.

Oh, this isn't good, Francis thought and then replied out loud, "I said that I came here to rescue the damsel in distress from…"

Arthur balls up his fists and aimed to hit Francis in the face but was stopped by some of the vines.

Francis wags his finger in front of Arthur and winks. "Oh no you don't, Angleterre. You promised that you weren't going to attack anyone, and that means me too."

"IF YOU DON'T WANT ME TO ATTACK THAN DON'T CALL ME A DAMSEL IN DISTRESS, YOU STUPID FROG!"

Francis chuckles a little towards Arthur and then turns towards the vampires. "We need to have a little chat, mes amis. Angleterre may not have realized, but his phone has been transmitting most of the conversation between all of you and it seems that our bosses know a great deal about the both of you, to begin with. And I also found out that the shadow demon you were talking about is causing a lot of problems in the south."

Meanwhile, Arthur continues to struggle against the vines binding him. "Get me out of these!"

Ignoring Arthur, Francis continues, "Now, we need your help. So, the boss has decided that Arthur and I will partner up with you and will split into groups of two to search for this monster. Will you help us?"

Alfred turns to his brother, "What do ya say, Mattie? Should we help em?"

Matthew nodded his head and replied, "Sure, we need to stop him."

Clapping his hands together, Francis says, "Merci beaucoup, well we should get going right away!" Francis walks over to the twins and made the vines release them. He helps Matthew up and starts to drag him away. As he is walking away, he says, "Oh, Arthur, I will be taking Mathieu with me. You get the other one."

"WHAT! I don't want him! This one's going to drive me completely batty, with all of his ridiculous stories." Arthur yelled back.

"Awww, too bad, Angleterre. Au revoir!" And with that he and Matthew disappear from view.

"HEY! Get back here and get these vines off of me, you wanker!"

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