He he... So sorry! I stopped getting reviews, so...
Vlad: this will be so good!
Me: not helping... Stupid vampire.
Vlad: stupid human!
Me: i am the writer. I can be the smrtest person ever!
Vlad: you spelled smart wrong.
Me: whatever. Lets gooooo!

Chapter 18 Vlad's POV

Oh my god... My eyes. They feel like a drunk man took a chain saw to them! I sat up, hoping i was back with ella, and mr. Gonel, and yes even Emily. But noooo... I was in the forest! If you have no idea what i am talking about, go and read the other chapters stupid! Rotten kids... Anyway, a branch is not a good place to sleep. Absolutely not. Its scratchy, and lumpy, and bloody... Wait what? Oh that's just me. Never mind. I ripped open Alex open, no biggy. The sky was still dark, and you could barely see the sun make its way over the mountains in the distance. I smiled, which the camera probably looked away cause im sure my fangs and blood covered teeth were not the best picture. Water... I jumped from my branch, and landed on the ground with ease. The lake was so clear, like glass. Still and perfect, as it always was. Then, as i stared in the beauty, a ripple danced its way across the surface. It was at an angle, so i wasn't sure at what is was exactly. Someone had tossed a stone... I glance at the bank over to my right, and just my luck it was a human boy. He looked angry, and crossed his arms. He looked a bit like human Henry... With a slightly red tinge to his hair. His eyes were a ember, which could be seen from were from Vlad was standing. He looked a few years younger then Vlad, maybe 10 as Vlad was 15. (i changed his age, so what?) His hair flipped in his right eye, like Vlad's.
"Damn fish! Why can't i catch one!" He mumbled and paced angrily. Perfect. Breakfast is served. I climbed a tree next to him, silently thanking mr. Gonel for the rock climbing training. He crouched on the branch, watching the human with curiosity. The boy picked up another stone and was about to whip it over his shoulder, in to the lake when Vlad spoke.
"You know, there are probably better ways to catch fish then that." The boy turned, startled. He held the stone, trying to look threatening, and looked up to the grinning me. He through the stone, aiming for My face, but I easily reached forward and snagged it from the air. I tossed it over my shoulder. I jumped from the tree, and crossed my arms in front of the poor boy. I read his mind...

O god. Im trapped! This guy is a vamp, im sure. Well, he is covered in blood! Why do i have to be so stupid? Yelling like that when i knew there were vampires out there. Im all alone. No one to help. Maybe i could fight him? Ya ya, with a stick or something. Stake him, like im a slayer! If i could find something...

I pulled from his mind. I could use him. I stepped closer, only for him to snap a stick from a tree, and point it at me. I hissed, and flashed my blood tipped fangs. His eyes widened. With my speed, i raced forward and grabbed the branch from his hand. He gasped as the bark cut his hand open, and started to bleed. A lot. Tears welled up in his eyes, and he held it to his chest and whimpered as i got closer and closer. He closed his eyes tight, knowing this was the end. I read his mind, sometimes slipping from his mind and back to my own.

His fangs were bared, and his black hair covered his eyes. They were a weird, greyish colour. Strange. God my hand. It sliced it up, lots. I couldn't look now, i may faint. I backed up against a tree, the same one that betrayed me and gave me a sharp stick. The vampire was a head taller then me, and even though he was skinny i knew there was muscles on him...

I could see him shake. His knees trembled. And his hand bled. I stopped, and gently grabbed his cut hand to investigate. It was sliced deep down his palm, and it would get infected without treatment. With one hand, i ripped a bit off my shirt and tied it around his hand. He opened his eyes. I didn't pull too hard, knowing how fragile humans were. He looked at me with confusion.

What was he doing? He was being... Nice to me. Vampires don't do that. Nope. He was gentle, and he didn't seem so scary anymore without his fangs bared. What do i say? Thanks for not killing me, scary dangerous vampire dude... No. He searched around my hand, and finally let me go. I held it my chest, searching for words to say to this guy before he changed his mind. I just stuck with,
"Thanks." He tilted his head, as if curious to what i would do. He said nothing and walked to the water, looking down with interest. What? He picked up the stick and tossed it over his shoulder.
"How did you..." Then i stopped.
"What's your name?" He asks me nicely.
"Jake..." I said quietly.

So his name was jake. Simple. His name, i mean. What to tell him next was not. What to say? Goodbye seemed like a good one, or don't die. How about, you smell like A-positive? Haha. No. I didn't have to say anything.
Suddenly, the girl that tried to shoot me the night before came into the clearing. She giggled.

"Vladimir Tod. Well, i would never have thought the most brutal contestant would give mercy to this... Child. If you don't know, i am Cecil." She was wearing the same as him, and her brown hair was pulled in a bun. Her green eyes blazed, flickering between the young boy and me. Her bow was around her shoulder, but her hand was on it, ready to shoot. I ripped my dagger from my pants waist and held it at the ready. I raised an eyebrow, and said,
"Do you think i mean to cause anyone harm? You don't know me." She growled.

We're they going to fight? No no no! I need to get outta here! But do i leave the one person who has been somewhat nice to me? Yes no yes no... No. She said he was the most brutal. Is this true? If so, why would he spare me? So many questions, yet no answers. Only death. The Cecil one flashed her fangs, growling. And... What was his name? Oh right. Vladimir. He did the same back to her. Cecil didn't wait, only pounced on him, aiming for the throat. Vladimir turned and slammed he to the ground, but Cecil summer salted back to her feet, swinging around and did a round house kick. Vlad backed up just in time to miss her foot by inches, and brought his blade up to swing, but Cecil grabbed his wrist and twisted. He flipped in the air, but landed on his feet. As for myself, i turned to climb a tree. Making it to the first branch, i had a view of the fight. I needed to do something, so i looked in my pocket to see what i had. I always carried a few things. Nothing. Damn! Why me? Vladimir slashed again, and this time he caught her shoulder. Deep. Blood poured out from the wound, and she screamed. She clutched her shoulder, and said,
"I will kill you! I will rip open your throat!" While she was shocked, he took his blade and sunk it in her neck. The tip was visible on the other side. He growled, his fangs showing.
"Too late." He ripped it from her, and she slumped to the ground, where she stayed. Blood splattered everywhere, and then silence. I was shocked. I haven't ever seen something like that!

I looked to jake. The boy was breathing heavily and his eyes were wide. I had to get out of there, forget about the human. I jumped to my feet, leaving the scene. Jake quickly left the tree and followed, begging for me to wait up. He kept pestering, and talking.
"Jake, im trying to survive myself. That was only one kill, and there are more. Only with you here, you could die. I also saved you from my thirst once, maybe not a second time. I searched his eyes, pleading. He looked down, scratching his neck and sighing.
"Vladimir! i have nowhere to go. I don't know how to live here! Not even my dad could do this..."

Flash back...

"Jake! Come over here! I want to show you some thing!" Dad called. We were camping, out in the forest. Mom insisted to stay home, to give us 'bonding' time. So we packed up, and drove into the middle of nowhere on a dirt road, and set up a tent. I ran over to him, excited to see what he wanted. He looked over a branch. ok, More like a log. It was chewed and rotten, but it was only the top of a very large pile of logs. It covered a part of the lake, and it was sturdy looking.
"What is it, dad?" He smiled at me, his large glasses making his eyes look huge. His brown hair was cut shorter, for the summer.
"Its a beaver dam, jake. Its a home for the beaver living here! Imagine, living in a tiny space like that? This thing can stop the flow of water it so strong."
"Can i step on it?" I asked. He laughed.
"No, no. Its a home. For a living thing. And we respect that, right?" Jake nodded.
"Ya. Lets keep watch for it while we're here, ok dad?"
"No problem sport. Now, how about lunch?" I smiled, and raced back to the tent.
That was two years ago. Dad got cancer, and i watched as he struggled to stay alive. He smiled the whole way through. He died a year and a half later. My grades dropped, and i became depressed. I spent my nights crying. My mom ignored me, also lost in her own sad world. I started cutting, and bully's at school pushed me around daily. My mom took me to a doctor, and all they could do is put me on a pill and sigh as a ten year old fell apart. In six months, i was gone. I didn't respect a living things home when i through a rock at a window. The people called the cops, and i had to be questioned. They let me go. A month later i stabbed a pencil through a kids hand. That's right. A pencil. They called my mom, and the parents charged her. My mom lost it on me, and slapped me. I spent two more nights in that house, and left. I actually lived on the streets for a night. Then, a man caught me in a ally way and sold me to the government. I was sent to a doctor, and they gave the thumbs up for me to be out in the arena. And here i am! The magically depressed boy with stupid hair.

I sighed. Jake had a tear running down his face. I couldn't do this! This was harder then killing Cecil! I paced, thinking of a solution. There was none. I faced the boy, taking a deep breath, and said,
"Fine. Ok, you can stay with me. Just keep out of the way!" He smiled, and his eyes lit up. He wiped his tear, and nodded viciously.
"Ya ya, I'll keep outta the way Vladimir! I'll show you the way to my campsite i Made and I can help you find people and i can be like your sidekick and i can use my slingshot to get the bad people and i can be like a spy for you and..."
"Okay okay okay! You can also please be quiet." Jake instantly closed his mouth and nodded again. I sighed.
"We'll, i guess you can show me the way. I don't like my tree anyway." Jake took the lead, darting through trees. I stopped, and jake gave him a questioning look. I just let his fangs elongate, and bit into his finger. He wiped the blood along the tree.
"Um, Vladimir..." He started.
"Please, call me Vlad."
"Ok, Vlad. Why the hell would you bite yourself?" I rolled my eyes.
"Well, i want to find my way back, don't i?" Jake's eyes widened in wonder.
"Oh, ok!" He called and kept on going. He really was a good kid. I was happy i didn't rip his throat out. We walked for five minutes, and i was thinking we were lost.
"Hey jake, you sure you know where your going?" No answer.
"Don't fool around, kid. Where are you? Something hit me in the back of the head, so i whipped around to find... Nothing? I heard giggling up above me. I looked up to find jake in a tree, holding a slingshot. I rubbed the back of my head, and rolled my eyes.
"Haha. Very good. You got me." He laughed, and shimmied down the tree.
"Ya, you were so scared!"
"Was not."
"Ya!"
"Not at all."
"Your a lier!"
"OK I WAS SCARED! Happy?" He giggled.
"We're here by the way. I made a place to sleep, and a campfire even though i don't know how to start one. I have some Nuts,
And some Some food the gamekeeper let us have. Oh and i made this slingshot!" I came into a very tiny clearing, where a bit of shade from the trees acted also as a rain shield. A place under it was was bit of leaves to sleep on, and a water can was hidden in the shade. I smiled. He was very useful with the things he was given. We relaxed under the tree, enjoying the moment while it lasted. I told him about ella, and he talked about his dad. He lighted up when he talked, and it seemed unnatural on him. Suddenly my stomach growled. I haven't eaten all day, and i wasted energy on killing Cecil. I forgot about it, but jake noticed.
"Vlad, what are we going to do about you? I mean, you being a vampire and all..." I glanced at him.
"I know your probably not going to like this, but i have to find a human. No no, not you. But, im fine. Until tomorrow at least." Jake nodded and looked away. I don't know how long we sat there, but it looked like it was in the after noon, at least. Jake pulled out a pile of berries from the side of the tree, and gobbled them down. He looked guilty.
"What have you been eating, jake?" He shrugged.
"Berries, some roots, a special leaves... And that's it. I collect all day. Tomorrow i will start again." He slumped down.
"Hey man, im sure i can find you something else. Lets see." I glanced around. Tree, tree... Moving bush? The brush trembled, and a arm reached out and snagged his water bucket.
"Hey!" I yelled and sat up. I raced over there, and reached in the shrub. I grabbed a shirt, and dragged them out. It was a girl, who looked older then jake by still younger then me. She had blond hair, and brown eyes. And she look tasty. A little scrawny, but what ever. I bared my fangs, and pulled out her wrist. I leaned over and ripped the skin open, drinking her blood down.

Holy word im not supposed to say! Vlad nearly through a girl out of the bush, and was eating her. She screamed, but he covered her mouth with his hand. She thrashed, but never did escape. He kept drinking and drinking, filling up on the blood. She stopped moving. He released her, and he just stared at her unmoving body. I jumped up, hiding my hands up.
"Oh my god! You just... And you... Then the... Oh my god!" Vlad looked down, away from jake.
"Im sorry you ha to see that, jake. I hope you don't change your mind about staying."
"No. I just... Startled me. That's all."
"If it didn't, i would wonder where your brain went."
"Hey Vlad, are we just gonna leave her there?" He gestured to the body.
"I suppose not. Be rate back." Vlad dragged the body but the arm and disappeared in the forest. Oh, what was i gonna do? How to live with a vampire...

I flung the girl in the river, so the others didn't track us down. She floated downstream, and i just shook my head. This was gonna be bad.

So hey! Review. I worked really hard on this! Fact: i write all my story's on my ipod.
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Henry: peanut!
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