(Do not own the outsiders or its characters. Enjoy!)

Chapter 4

I ran until I was in the park.

The park was about two blocks square, with a fountain in the middle and a small swimming pool for the little kids. The pool was empty now in the fall, but the fountain was going merely. Tall elm trees made the park shadowy and dark, and it would have been a good hangout, but we preferred out vacant lot, and the Shepard gang liked the alleys down by the tracks, so the park was left to lovers and little kids.

As I was walking, I thought what else the guys were hiding. I was scared to think of the day I got jumped. Those Socs were vampires, they were looking for blood. And it would explain why the gang was their when I called them. Even tonight, when Cherry mentioned that I should stay away from Johnny and Two-bit. And Bob the Soc eyes were blue, even when Johnny put me to sleep.

A voice came from behind me.

"Ain't you about to freeze to death, Pony?" I turned around to find Johnny.

I screamed. He made a move to grab me, but I backed away.

"I know what you are. You, and the guys, are vampires." He was in front of me in an instant. I then realized I was in danger, he back me against the fountain. "Do you realize what you done to us, even to you? Pony, you know what we are, you are in danger. The Socs will kill you for finding out." This was all so hard to take in, my best friend was a vampire.

He stiffened, he stood in front of me.

"What's wrong, Johnny?" He pointed to the shadows.

Five Socs were coming straight at us, and from the way they were staggering I figured they were reeling pickled. That scared me. A cool deadly bluff could sometimes shake hem off, but not if they outnumbered you five to two and were drunk; Johnny's hand went to his back pocket and I remembered his switchblade. How was that going to protect us against five drunk Soc vampires? Johnny had a blank, tough look on his face- you'd have to know him to see the panic look in his eyes.

It was Randy and Bob and three other Soc vampires, and they recognized us. I wonder if they knew Johnny was a vampire? Maybe he had a special smell or something, to me he smelled like Johnny.

"Hey, whatta ya know?" Bob said a little unsteadily, "here's the little bloodsuckers that picked up our girls. Hey, greasers."

"You're outta your territory," Johnny warned in a low growl. "You'd better watch it."

Randy swore at us and they stepped in closer, Bob was eyeing me. "Nup, pal, yer the ones who'd better watch it." Randy stepped closer. I didn't like the look's Bob kept giving me. I guess Johnny sensed this too, he looked at Bob furiously, while Bob like his sharp canines.

"You know what a greaser is?" Bob asked. "White trash with long hair."

I felt the blood drain from my face, nothing hit me that hard like that did. "You know what a Soc is?" I said, my voice shaking with rage. "White trash with Mustangs and madras." And then, because I had nothing else to say bad about them, I spit at them.

Johnny looked at me like I dared the most dangerous predator. Bob shook his head, smiling, revealing those sharp fangs. "You know, guys? I feel hungry, and we got a great appetizer right here. Hold the kid down, David."

The boy, David, pushed Johnny with enough force to send him on the other side of the lot. I got the wind kicked out of me, David held me down, by having my head bent back, revealing my neck. The others had held me down by my wrists, ankles, and waist. Bob licked the spot on my neck where he suited and bit down, it was painful.

I struggled, but they held me down, I started seeing black dots and my heart was slowing down. I silently said my goodbyes to the gang, my brothers, and more importantly Johnny. Who'd I never get to share my feelings with. I was also ready to see Mom and Dad again, I heard a growl and teeth detached from my neck. I blacked out for a long time.

I woke up to the sound of Hank Williams- who likes him anymore. Only one person likes him- it was Buck Merril- it was still dark out so Johnny would be up, I sat up slowly and saw the door was cracked open, two people were arguing, Dally and Johnny. Johnny took me to Dally, who was at Buck Merril's to drink beer, or in his case blood, and Buck's had a lot of girls to sink his teeth into. I looked around, I was laying in bed, the wooden night stand with a lamp- which was on- had several beer cans. The floor had clothes- both male and female- now the voices were coming inside the room.

"Pony got bit by a Soc!" Dally's voice echoed in the silent room.

"I got him off Pony, before he killed him. The only thing bad about it was, I killed the Soc!" Johnny raged on about what happened that night.

I let my mind slip into dreamland as I thought about Johnny. An innocent kid, like Johnny, well a vampire, killed a Soc, who bit his best friend. Normal Johnny would never hurt a fly, but vampire Johnny would, just to protect from another vampire.

I came back to the living to see red eyes looking at me, I jumped and my hands went to my neck. Not bite mark?

Dally smirked, "No bite mark, 'cause it heals when were done with our meal." He smiled, showed his set of fangs and went downstairs and back again with a roll of cash.

"Pony, do Darry and Soda know that you know," he gestured to him and Johnny, "being vampires?"

I told him everything about what happened, that moment in my life, I would like to start over. I wanted to start over to the fact I didn't see Darry as a vampire, and the incident in the park. Dally smiled like he knew this would happen, Dally handed Johnny a gun.

"Careful, its loaded, just in case you run into any badies to where your going." Dally lit a cigarette and handed it to me.

I took a long drag on it.

"Where we going?" I asked. "Are you coming with us?"

He shook his head, "No," he huddled us together. "Hop the three-fifteen freight train to Windrixville, there's an old abandoned church on top of Jay Mountain. There's a pump in the back so don't worry about water. Johnny, buy a week supply of food for Pony, and don't do anything that will make Darry kill you! I want you guys to go tonight, before the story comes up. And I will be there as fast, as the story goes down."

Johnny got up and walked down the stairs, Dally pulled me back. "Kid, don't give Johnny a single drop of your blood. If you do it would send him into a feeding frenzy," he stood up, grabbed something from his back pocket, and handed it to me.

"Dally, what is this?" He helped me put it on, and hid it in my shirt. "Its called a Evangel Charm, it won't let a vampire control you or hurt you, but if you lose it, you're in trouble." I followed Dally to were Johnny was.

"Did you ever want to know what it's like to be a speeding bullet?" He smiled at me. "Of course," I said, hoarsely, "why?"

He gave me a grin and he was gone.

I held onto Johnny's neck so tight as the world around me swirled in and out. I felt like I was floating on air. The next image I saw was box cars. Johnny put me down, but had to help me steady myself as we sat down in the car. I was so tired, but every time I closed my eyes I'd see Bob again. His big red eyes seem to glow with hunger as he opened his mouth to bite me.

I touched the Evangel Charm that Dally gave me. It looked like a black stone, but had three lines running down the middle. I layed down, thankful for Johnny being there. He let me put my head on his lap, but I was tired, I didn't care.

I was hardly awake when Johnny and I leaped off the train, vampire style, into a meadow. The dew woke me up.

"Now how do we find Jay Mountain?" I asked but Johnny disappeared. I wondered if he did go ask someone. He came back, but before I could ask where he went, he pulled me on his back and the swirling of colors came back. We got on top of Jay Mountain in record time, the church looked old, a few of the doors were boarded up, and Johnny broke into the church with a fast pace.

"Johnny?" He looked at me, clearly tired. "Why were you in such a hurry to get in here?" He pointed toward the horizon, the sun was coming up and this time, there were no clouds. He sat against the wall that was facing the sun, and soon fell asleep.

I stayed up to watch the sunrise, thinking is Johnny missed looking at the sun or sunsets. I guess vampires could go into churches seeing as Johnny didn't exploded into a million pieces.

He smiled as I sat down beside him, I tried to get warm but he was cold. "Man, the floor sure is hard, though."

He laughed at me, the first time in four months.

(AN: Now the up coming chapters will have slash between Johnny/Ponyboy, not very good at writing fluff so give it some time, I will eventually get used to it.)