Chapter 17: Vampire: Ally to Malice by warelander

F2 - Hallways

Being in Freshman class of a totally new school can invoke many different feelings in a kid.

Some see it as exciting. A new beginning, a chance to meet new people, learn new things and make the most out of the coming four years.

Others meet this situation with anxiety. A sense of uncertainty if things were going to turn out fine. If these coming years were going to be pleasant, or a total nightmare.

One particular youth fit into both of these two extremes. Stomping his way through the halls of Primp High.

His hair blonde with blue tips, indicating it was dyed and clad in a blue suit, with a blue ribbon on it, this one particular boy could be even better distinguished by the perpetual scowl that colored his face.

It wasn't rare for him to overhear light snickering over his way-too-formal appearance, nor was it anything new to him. It's how it had always been, even at his old school.

''This is stupid! Why does mom keep making my life hell with this!'' The boy angrily muttered, getting a hold of the ribbon on the suit and ripping it off, throwing it to the ground.

Alucard
Figuratively Bloodthirsty Damphyr

Not that this act would do much, it just made him feel better. The feel of rebelling and living by how he wanted to. There was something so utterly empowering about the thought that he himself could hardly put into words.

If nothing else at least he could be rid of this embarrassing little accessory, it wasn't like the thing would grow legs and try to follow him or something.

''Hey, you! Wait up!''

Alucard cringed at the sound of that voice, already feeling like he knew where this was going to lead to. And indeed, looking behind him he saw nobody else but Ally Hearthwell, local goody-goody two shoes, holding the symbol of his frustrations in her hand as she sprinted into his direction.

''I think you dropped this!'' She said with that sugary smile that made the boy want to hurl. Of course she just had to spot him walking away from that thing tossed.

''...Thanks.'' He forced himself into a thinly veiled sarcastic expression of gratitude that seemed to have flown over the girl's head.

''Here, let me put it back on for you!'' Without even asking him for it, Ally proceeded to put the ribbon back on his suit, to Alucard's annoyance.

'Good lord, this girl is obnoxious! She's had it too good for too long. If Schezo isn't gonna get her… Come to think of it, why is it that Schezo and his gang never do anything to her?'

Thinking back… He couldn't recall any time Ally had fallen victim to the bully gang's antics. And it wasn't like they made exceptions by gender either. Then again he had yet to ever come across them himself, he heard about most of their actions through the grapevine, so perhaps she just knew how to evade them.

A wicked grin spread across his face as he thought about it, maybe it was up to him to change that?

''There, now that's better isn't it?'' Ally happily chirped, totally oblivious to the younger student's less than nice thoughts.

''It is for sure.'' The little ruffian replied, trying hard to not clench his teeth during the lie. ''Say, I want to show you something cool!'' He told her, already having thought of something.

''Really? Then please, lead the way~'' Ally enthusiastically agreed to the offer, following Alucard every step of the way.

It didn't take long for them to reach their destination, which much to Ally's confusion, turned out to be the door to the boy's restroom.

''What do you want to show me here?''

''To show how much I appreciate you bringing this back to me…'' Alucard paused, taking time to rip the ribbon off again for dramatic effect.

''I figured I'd show you what the inside of a boy's toilet looks like!''

''Huh!?'' Ally could only barely gasp out when she felt the slightly smaller, yet still surprisingly strong boy grab her arm, to drag her into the restroom for a swirly.

''Ack, why do you wanna hurt me!?'' She could only call out, trying to reach the boy's conscience, but he visibly didn't care too much, instead focusing on his task to give her, what he felt, was a much overdue dose of torment.

All of the sudden, though, he could feel someone grab him by the back of his suit, catching him off-guard enough to loosen his grip on Ally's arm so she could slip out of his grasp.

Looking up to see who grabbed him, Alucard felt himself nearly petrified as he saw none other than Schezo Wegey. To his side, naturally, were Lawrence and Carrie. The two of them moved in to guard Ally.

The bullies themselves were rather puzzled by the look the Freshman student gave them. They were more than used to seeing fear in their victims' eyes and sometimes they'd look defiant. Never before though I have they been met with a look of….wonder?

A few seconds of awkward confusion passed, with Carrie being the first to snap out of it.

''We'll take it from here.'' The girl motioned to Ally that she was free to leave the scene.

''Alright, but don't be rough to him okay?'' She made a final request before storming off, leaving the bullies alone with the younger boy.

''This is awesome! I'm meeting the SchezCo! I have been waiting for this!'' Alucard excitedly belted out like a teenage girl meeting a pop star.

''Now that's the first.'' Lawrence remarked, intrigued by the boy's enthusiasm.

''You guys are great! Living by your own rules and putting everyone that annoys you in their place! I-''

''That's enough, pipsqueak.'' Schezo interrupted, barely raising his voice. As odd as this situation was, he only has one thing on his mind.

''What did you think you were going to do with that girl there?'' He spoke, calm, yet with an audible tone of irritation in his words, none of which intimidated Alucard, which the bullies took note of.

'She's so annoying, high-pitched, sickeningly sweet, prime victim material, and you guys never do anything to her!''

''We got our reasons, kid.'' Schezo replied, with a tone of authority, one that he rarely felt the need to use. It certainly stuck out to his friends, though they found it more amusing than anything else,

''But why? Come on! Just one swirly! Or let her dangle somewhere with a wedgie! Or find the cactus the pink snob sat on the other day and shove it up he-''

''That's enough!'' For once Schezo did raise his voice, having heard enough to actually get agitated, even more so when he suddenly heard Carrie giggling.

''That's good though! Shove it u-''

''Enough.'' He repeated, shooting a glare at Carrie. She merely replied with a cheeky wink.

''You have got to admit though, the kid has spunk.'' Lawrence pondered as he eyed Alucard further. Something about him struck the troublemaker like he had potential, even with that silly suit of his.

''C'mon Schezo, having someone like him around gives us a presence in another grade.'' The demon servant tried to reason with his best friend and Carrie visibly agreed to the idea, nodding all the while.

All Schezo could do was to look into both his friends' faces. He had his reservations about the whole thing, but couldn't deny they had a point.

Sighing, he released his grip on Alucard, who in turn faced him with a hopeful expression he never thought he'd see on someone facing him of all people.

''I'll think about it. Do what you want kid, but leave Ally out of it. Got it?''

Not even waiting for an answer, Schezo turned around to depart the scene, no more words leaving his lips. Lawrence and Carrie were quick to follow, but left Alucard with a swift and quiet thumbs up each, signaling to him exactly what he hoped for.

And for the first time since he had first entered the halls of Primp High, Alucard was truly ecstatic…

Authors' Notes:

WARE: After a detour of me writing another fic we are back! Despite some delays caused by work or falling ill, this project has been going smoothly so far and I appreciate everyone who is sticking around for more.