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A Train Ride

Katherine jerked herself awake as the train hit a bump. She had felt as though she was falling, but upon opening her eyes saw she was securely tucked in a blanket on the soft seat of the train compartment. She closed her eyes again wanting to fall back asleep and tried to snuggle her head into the pillow it was lying on. It was too hard and cold to be a pillow so she turned her head to the side to see what someone had put under her.She shrank back towards the window when she saw the bright red fabric.

"Don't be so jumpy. You'll fall right out of your seat," he sat unnaturally straight with his arms crossed and his eyes glued to the window.

"I'm alone in a train compartment with two wolves and a vampire and you say not to be jumpy," she tried shifting out of the blanket, but found her arms were tightly crossed over her chest and the blanket showed no signs of giving way. "Did you wrap me in this?"

"Yes, you kept snuggling," he continued staring out the window.

"Why is it so tight?! I can't even move," she wiggled back and forth until the blanket became looser and she could push her arms out though the top, "and what do you mean snuggling?"

The door to the compartment slid open and the co-conductor stuck his head in, "Carlisle station?"

Alucard looked away from the window and nodded at him. Usually people cowered when Alucard even glanced at them, but Cat was glad to see the man take no notice to Alucard's obvious stature.

"We arrive in one hour, have your tickets when you get off," he slid the door shut again and Cat could hear him talking to the passengers in the next compartment.

She had spoken to them for a few minutes when she had gone to find something to eat. They left their compartment at the same time she did and followed behind her as they all went to the dining car. When she sat down in an empty booth they had asked to sit with her.

"Has your trip been fine?" the older of the two women asked.

"Oh yes, it's much more relaxing than flying," Cat picked up a menu to look busier. She was still not keen on strangers talking to her.

"Where are you headed?" the man who cat assumed was the older woman's husband or boyfriend asked.

"Carlisle," she looked at him and smiled politely.

"A business trip perhaps?" Cat's polite smile faltered and she became suspicious of the people.

"No…I'm going to visit some old friends," she set the menu down and met their prying eyes.

"That man with you," the younger woman asked, "is he your chaperone?"

"Something like that," Cat was beginning to think it would be better to just stop by the snack car and go back to the safety of the compartment.

"What about the other men you are with? Are they your friends?" the man leaned forward like he was about to hear a great secret.

"What business is it of yours?" Cat was tired of all the concerned looks she got from people when they saw her with Alucard. He was no more a danger to her than a butterfly was. For now anyway.

"Are you traveling of your own free will, dear?" the older women looked at her warily.

"Of course I am!" Cat was growing tired of them very quickly. Why did they even care anyway? They did not know her. For all they knew she could be the one pulling the strings. In a way she was and she thought if she really wanted to she could have Alucard dispose of these nosey people. She covered her mouth as if she had said the atrocious thought out loud, "The people I am traveling with are my friends and I am perfectly fine without the help of nosey strangers," she got up from the booth and quickly went back to the compartment, grabbing a few snacks on the way.

She had slid the door shut very loudly when she got back and sat down on the seat in a huff.

"Would you like me to get rid of them," Alucard crooned. Cat knew he had read out of her mind what had just happened and what she had said to herself about him.

"No, and get out of my head," she turned to face the window and had fallen asleep not long after that.

Now she listened to the people converse with the co-conductor. The voices were hushed for a moment and Cat was sure they were asking him about their frightful neighbors. She heard the co-conductor laugh loudly like a Santa Claus and she giggled. He probably thought the people as ridiculous in their assumptions as she did.

"But their assumptions are right," he looked down at her and grinned evilly.

"They aren't right at all. They think I'm in some sort of danger and that just is not the case," she no longer questioned Alucard about his intentions. She proudly assumed that he would not ever be killing her because he was her friend. He cruelly made fun of her for it and even threatened to murder her on her birthday to prove her wrong, but his dramatic threats only made her more sure. She knew that when people got too defensive it meant that the assumptions were right and they were the only ones still in denial.

"That was not their only assumption. They are also fearful that I am not human," he laughed a little and smiled like he was proud of himself.

"Well they are certainly right about that. Where did the wolves go?" Cat would still not call them by name. She did not completely trust something that could turn into a wolf and claim it was completely different from a werewolf.

"They are in the smoking car," he returned his gaze to the window.

"Don't they know smoking will kill you," she dug around in her backpack for her book.

"Few things kill immortals. Smoking least of all," he pulled his hat over his eyes and seemed to go to sleep.

Cat looked out the window. They had left London at seven o'clock at night the day before. It had now been nearly twelve hours on the train and the sun was beginning to peak over the horizon.

"Alucard are we going to be going out this morning? Or are we going to wait until it gets late?" she preferred to do things when it was light outside so she could see what was attacking her, but she thought the werewolves were most likely nocturnal beings such as vampires.

Alucard did not answer or even move. Cat continued on reading her book and decided she would just wait until they got off at the train stop before she started picking him for information again.

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