Cats and oranges!

Chapter 4

I looked over the kitchen table at Tony; he was looking determinedly through a book of crests. I smiled remembering our conversation the night before he'd returned from his fly with Rudolph, I'd been reading when he'd walked into my room, I'd sighed in relief when I saw him, all the time he'd been gone I'd been coming up with scenarios of what would happen if he didn't come back. What would I say to Mum and Dad? How would I know where to look for him, well, I'd look for a cemetery I suppose, and what would I do if he was a vampire. After I'd checked he was ok, he began to tell me about the stone of attomon, That, Tony told me excitedly is what's going to turn the vampire's human, and it's what he's been dreaming about since we'd moved here. Then Rudolph's parents had showed up, Tony described how Rudolph had to protect him because Gregory, Rudolph's elder brother, had tried to bite him and then Rudolph's dad had thought he was a spy, but thankfully was convinced otherwise by Rudolph and his mum. Then that weirdo who had tried to run Tony over and who had helped me in the supermarket from before had turned up, I was liking this guy less and less, he had tried to kill Rudolph's dad and then tried to attack my brother but luckily he'd managed to get away, thinking about it Rudolph's dad doesn't sound that bad, he might act a bit unpleasant but he cares for his family, what I don't get is instead of him just standing there why hadn't he just taken his family and ran instead of telling them to run but just stood there himself, what was the point in that? (Pun not intended), if Tony hadn't intervened, he would have got skewered. I was pretty impressed with my little brother, which I didn't hesitate to tell him. I mean Tony hadn't known Rudolph's family for that long, and even then they weren't very hospitable, he'd still but his life in the line (Literally) to help them. Tony then described how he'd fallen into the Sackville-Bagg's lair, where he'd had a premonition after he'd touched Mr Sackville-Bagg's necklace, the mention of the necklace got my attention most of all for some reason. I'd quickly asked Tony to describe the necklace to me; it by the sound of it looked exactly like the one the weirdo had been wearing. I'd interrupted Tony while he'd been talking with a question of my own, what did the necklace do? Tony had expend that the Sackville Bagg's necklace turned them human but the other necklace sent them to hell, getting back to the vision Tony had, he described how Rudolph's uncle, Von Sackville bagg's, had survived the fall, he'd jumped off the cliff because half way through the ceremony to turn them human, a vampire slayer which Tony had described looked very similar to the vampire slayer after them now, had attacked them. Hitting the stone off the cliff, so there uncle had jumped after it and ended up washed up on a beach, where a pretty women in a red clock with a wired coat of arms had found him, hence the reason Tony was looking through the book.

Mum came in and told Tony it was time for school.

"Liz what are you up to today?"

"Well I was thinking of going into the village, to the library"

"Oh, Mum said "I'll give you a lift if you want"

"Thanks" I said grinning; I'd planned to walk into town, but now was just as good. I got up and got my bag from where I'd hung it on my chair and followed mum out to the car.

"Shot gun" Me and Tony shouted and ran for the front seat. Tony got there first

"Damm" I muttered getting into the back seat. After Mum had dropped Tony off at school, we drove into town.

"Do you want a lift back? I'll be hanging around for a while, I need to get tony some new trousers" Mum said

"Na, its ok I'll walk back."

"Are you sure?" Mum asked as she pulled over.

"Yeah, thanks" I said getting out the car

"Ok, see you later."

"See ya, thanks for the lift." I said closing the door and stepping onto the path. I walked around for a while looking though the shops mainly clothes shops, I was just coming out of the sweet shop, when I saw the weirdo who was after Rudolph and his family he was coming out of the electrics store. I debated going in and asking the shop assistant what he brought but chose not to in the end, not only would it look weird, but also pointless, I mean it could have nothing to do with vampires at all, for all I know he could have bought a light bulb. But looking at him as he walked back to his truck I doubted very much that it was just a light bulb. He must have known someone was watching him because he turned and looked at me, he put the bag he'd been carrying in his truck and walked over.