Chapter 6: Creatures of the Night

Vlad gazed at Ashlee with surprise. Werewolf? Really?

She sighed. " I know. I sound completely mad and delusional. But, it's true. It runs in the family."

Vlad swallowed. " It's not delusional. It's just… hard to believe."

" But it's true. I'd show you…but, I can't. I can only change at night, or in times of extreme anger or fear. It's just how it works. I'm not crazy. I swear to you." she crossed her fingers over her heart.

Vlad thought for a moment. 'Bloody hands…Bloody paws…I killed him…I kill-"

" You killed Bob." he whispered. That was shocking and unbelievable. Someone so quiet, so polite, so cute- Vlad, don't even think that! That's NOT the subject at hand!

She managed to stuttered, "Yes."

Vlad wanted to say something, but Ashlee quickly put her finger to his lips. Her gaze was set far behind him.

" Vlad, you have to leave." she breathed, standing up.

" Wait, why-"

She looked at him with cold eyes. " Do it, Vlad."

He wasn't going to screw with her logic, so he ran deeper into the forest, and hid behind a boulder, keeping his sight on Ashlee.

" Judas. Salem. Cain. Show yourselves." Ashlee yelled.

A fog drifted around the area, distracting Vlad from the footsteps that seemed to echo in the air.

Three people walked up to her, surrounding her. Two of them looked in their early twenties. Both of them were male, and well over eight feet tall, and wearing capes with extremely high collars. The only way to tell them apart were their hair colors, on blonde, to other dark haired.

The other one was a small boy that resembled the dark haired guy, and was wearing the same type of cape.

Ashlee stood up straighter, staring blankly before herself.

" Ashlee, Ashlee, Ashlee. This is quite out of character for you." the tall blonde one shook his head.

" Oh? Please clarify for me, Judas." Ashlee stated blankly.

" First, you kill a boy." Judas listed. " Then, you took any anger you had left, and completely attacked two others, then you exposed your secret. But, even worse then that, you told your secret to a filthy, blood-sucking fool. What do you have to say for yourself?"

" Well, I have to say, you people are quite informed in my personal life, aren't you?" Ashlee remarked smartly.

" Ashlee, you agreed to not act in such a way as this if we allowed you to go here." the tall dark haired one sighed.

" I didn't mean to…he was offending our kind! Salem, you would have done the same thing!"

Judas raised an eyebrow. " Offending our kind isn't going to get us out of the high courts, now is it?"

" I didn't do anything illegal, though!" Ashlee yelled defensively.

" That's where your wrong." Salem pointed out. " You squealed."

" That's a bloody lie! You've told many humans you're a werewolf!" Ashlee growled.

Judas raised a finger. " Exactly! Humans. Not bloody horrid vampires!"

" He's not 'bloody horrid'!"

Salem smirked, " You seem to defend the thing very strongly."

" Vlad's not a THING!"

" Vlad?" Judas grinned, crossing his arms across his chest.

" Shut up." Ashlee grumbled.

Salem looked around. " Speaking of the devil… Cain, would you mind scouting for the damned thing. He couldn't have gotten too far…"

Cain nodded, walking towards where Vlad was hiding.

Vlad held his breath, attempting to hear what the others were saying.

" Oh. So your going to kill the man I fancy? So typical." Ashlee laughed rudely.

Fancy? Vlad thought. Doesn't that mean she likes me?

The little boy walked up beside Vlad. He quickly glanced behind himself, and jumped in front of Vampire.

" Vladimir Tod…" he whispered. " Shut your trap, and don't say a dang word. Don't even think. If you think, you'll spelling out your freakin' death-wish."

Well, that didn't sound right with his British accent…

" I told you not to think! Shut your mind up!"

Vlad nodded.

" And, my accent sounds fine!"

Vlad nodded, once again.

" Now, stay here, don't think, and I'll get you when it's safe." Cain ordered, walking back to the others.

" Well…?" Salem inquired, " Where is he?"

" I couldn't find him, sir." Cain said innocently.

" Well, then. He must have made his way back to the camp." Judas shrugged, and glanced at Ashlee. " He's off the hook this time, but your just lucking out. We'll give you one more chance. We'll tell the head honcho you have anger issues, and something about our parents, but this is your one chance. Next time, you and the vamp are going to the next eclipse."

" By the way, how the Forks, Washington case coming along?" Ashlee asked.

Judas rolled his eyes. " Horrible. This is why I hate treaties."

" Okay, great. You guys have fun. I'll go back in a bit." Ashlee declared.

" Great. Cain. Stay with her. Alright?" Salem stared at Cain.

" Of course, sir." Cain bowed slightly.

Judas and Salem smiled, and waving a goodbye, as they walked away.

Ashlee smiled down at Cain. " Thank you!" she wrapped her arms around his shoulders. " I've missed you so much!"

" Uh…yeah…the same to you." he hugged her back.

" Where's Vlad?" she asked.

" Oh. Yeah." Cain pointed at the boulder.

Ashlee raced over to it, with Cain trailing behind her, and wrapped her arms around Vlad's neck.

" I'm sorry, Vlad." Ashlee sighed. " I'm really sorry."

Vlad felt quite awkward. " What just happened?"

Ashlee unwrapped her arms, and looked at Cain. " Um… My brothers. I'm getting them in trouble. Especially by knowing you."

" Why?"

" I'm sorry to say, but Vampire-Werewolf interaction is highly frowned upon by the high courts…"

Vlad bit his tongue. " So…you know I'm a vampire."

She rubbed her wrist through her black sweatshirt. " I kinda knew the moment I saw you…Werewolf thing. It kinda like a sixth sense."

" Oh."

" Hey, dude. Would you just kiss her already? She totally regret not kissing you later." Cain said bluntly.

Ashlee's jaw dropped. She turned to the boy. " Cain!"

He put his hands up in a surrenderous fashion. " Fine. I'll leave. God, your so pushy!"

Cain waved slightly, walking away, leaving both Ashlee and Vlad in an even more awkward position.

" Uh…maybe we should go back to camp…" Vlad suggested.

" Grad idea!" Ashlee intoned quickly.

The two ran back to camp without looking at each other the whole way.

Authors note: WHOOT! CHAPTER SIX!!! Yeah, it really sucks...sorry. Well, Anyway, this idea came to me when reading a cheesy romance novel! Yeah, seriously, why does it seem like most of those novels seem to sound like Romeo and Juliet things? Well, I have no clue! But, anyway, I'm proud. Cain's proud. Kay's proud. And Dracula is proud! So yeah…

More or less, I stole Salem and Judas. They are my friends characters, and I'm stealing them, so…SORRY! Anyway…God, little kids are so blunt! You gotta love it, though… Cain really rocks so…yeah, face the music! Oh, yeah, Twilight reference, too...

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*Ahem* Back to business. Thank you, people! My faithful readers rock! I finally made personal history, and this is great progress! So, I thank you! I'd give you something, but I'm poor, and I'm getting ready for my senior year so…I give you invisible cookies. ENJOY! XD