Dante's POV:
"Master Dante," I heard my head butler call for me as he stepped into my bedroom. This was uncalled for. I told him I didn't want to be woken up- ever by him. I wanted to do things on my own after all! "You have a guest requesting you." I felt Tiger, Mason, Ellie, and Raven stirring awake next to me from his voice. "It's a Mr. Oz." Frederick's brother also known as Calvin had replaced him when he died. I had to give it to him... He was handsome, and he picked up rather quickly with his new tasks... but he wasn't Frederick and he was a terrible head butler. He often messed up my teas, baths, and clothes. I only wanted him around because he resembled Frederick so much. The first day as my head butler, he spilt tea down my white shirt trying to hand it to me- he was all shaky and nervous. He still is! He's trembling now from having to wake me up when he knows better. Tiger let out a huff against my chest like he was frustrated as he shoved his head into his pillow and swatted at Mason's tail- knocking off his body. Mason's eyes opened and he moved just to get curled up into a ball beside Ellie before he went back to sleep at our feet. Tiger was in his human form but the other two were in their animal forms. I guess so they wouldn't have to fight for a part of the cover and warmth. Tiger doesn't usually sleep in his human form unless he's right up against me- which he was. He was stealing what little warmth I had and also keeping me warm. All three of them were old... Past their thirties. Especially Tiger since he had about a decade tops on the other two. He told me a few months ago he found it harder to shift into a cat now... Poor guy is getting old on me. He's been a wonderful companion though- even if he didn't let me know right away what he was. His little cat ears twitched at the door. I groaned a little then opened my eyes slowly, glaring over at him.
"Why... are you... in my room?" I growled out. "You know not to wake me up. You can tell the guest I'm still sleeping." Raven purred quickly on the other side of me and snuggled up against my side, smelling my neck as her arms around me tightened. Raven~ I purred in her ear and kissed her forehead. My sweet little devil~ I sent a sharp glare towards my butler again as I moved the covers around Raven better to hide her from him. "Might as well tell the whole world they can wake me up," I hissed towards him. "The important guests wake me up themselves." He hesitated as he watched me.
"Y-yes sir," he whispered and went to shut the door, but he was nudged to the side as Oz's familiar figure stepped into my bedroom.
"Not this time. You're not keeping me waiting," he said sharply and let out a playful growl. "Come on old friend. You're coming with me on an adventure. Get dressed." He eyed the room over before he looked like he recognized the side doors and walked over to them- opening them up until he found my closet and went inside it. He came back out with something for me to put on and tossed it to me. "Let's get going. It's a long way." He walked over and sat down on the edge of my bed before he eyed over my companions. He purred quickly and widened his eyes. "Are these the little fellows you got at the market the last time I saw you?" He asked and rubbed Mason's head. "You're a big boy now! Fully grown! Wow! I've got to get me one of these!" Mason's eyes snapped open before he went to licking Ellie's head then shifted to turn his back on Oz and laid his head back down. Tiger lifted his head to look down at Oz before he yawned and looked at me.
"You're leaving? Can I come on the adventure?" He gave me a begging look then.
"No, you better keep your companions here," Oz told me. "Where we're going might be a little dangerous but exciting." His face grew a smirk then. "We're going to retrieve a wizard from Nightingale Asylum." I frowned at him then.
"What? Do I need to drop you off there? I can pay for your stay," I told him and looked towards the clothes he had tossed at me and tsked. Damn it all to hell. I wanted to treat Raven to that special little guy I caught lurking around my castle last night and locked in my dungeon....
"No~ We're getting a wizard," Oz told me and purred. He crawled into bed then and got on top of me. "It'll be exciting, thrilling, and dangerous... That's why I'm taking you with me big cat."
"Oh... you're wanting me to be your bodyguard," I said then scoffed before I smirked at him. Cute. He came to me first... or did he? "Was I your first pick?"
"While I was crossing the ocean to get here, I thought that it would be a good idea to bring some back up. Especially since it's wizards and I don't know much about what I'm going into." He gave me a smile then. "Afterwards I was thinking I would crash here with you for a few nights- just in case I want to take it back." I nodded then rubbed his head.
"Suuuure wizards are pretty powerful, you know, that right? They made all vampires," I told him then tensed as I felt Raven stirring beside me before I smelt Oz's blood, seeing her fangs embedded in his arm closest to her. Oz gasped and looked at her.
"Ouch," he whispered to her. He looked at me then, letting her drink his blood. "I know they're powerful... I'd be honored if you came with me and held my back in case it shoves me backwards. I'll need a safety net~ Plus this might be fun for you! You probably never met one.... I know I haven't."
"I..." I thought about it then. Have I met one? Who knows. I've lived so long.... "Fine. I'll go. Get off me," I said coldly to mess with him and pushed at him. He laughed and got off me to sit down between me and Raven.
"Alright old friend~ Get some clothes on." I heard Tiger whine a little as he watched us.
"Be careful," he told me and grabbed my hand. I looked at him then squeezed his hand before I kissed his cheek.
"I'll be careful. No one is going to be able to get me anyways~" I told him then let go but suddenly felt Raven's hand against my cheek before she pulled me into a kiss and purred. I laughed against her lips then looked her in the eyes before I kissed her back. My dark princess~ I yanked back, making her growl as she watched me then looked at Oz predatorily as I started to put the shirt on. I felt Tiger crawl over me and straight into Raven's arms. He knocked her down and curled up to her.
"Raven, keep me warm while Dante is gone," he told her and closed his eyes as he let out a sigh. She giggled and wrapped her arms around him as she went for his neck and licked it.
"Okay~ but keep me fed," she purred into his ear, making me chuckle as I got to my feet to put on the pants. Tiger exposed his neck obediently to her and let out a purr.
"Don't take too much, I'm an old man," he told her.
"I don't see an old man~" She said and smirked as she bit down into him quickly. I shook my head then looked towards Mason and Ellie, rubbing their heads then went around the bed to get to Oz.
"Alright Oz... I guess you can be important. You did wake me up," I teased him and snatched a hand of his. He laughed as he got out of bed with me and yanked me into a small dance around the bed.
"I am important," he purred to me. "You haven't visited me," he tsked out. "I know it's frightening at the thought of being around wolves... but it's not all bad. We get to hunt every night."
"I have too much to do here anyways~" I told him as I started to lead him in a waltz. "I'm prince of Germany! I have recruits to change and people to terrify and prisoners to torture- Raven, eat the guy in the third cell for me while I'm gone, got it?" She giggled as she heard me then flipped Tiger in her excitement, pinning him. "Not him," I warned her sharply as I whirled Oz around so I could watch her closely.
"Don't eat me!" Tiger told her. "I've still got a couple for decades left in me." She pulled her fangs out and licked her lips and giggled.
"Eat you? Okay~" She leaned back in with a hum, making me tense.
"Raven, that's enough. Go eat the man in cell three," I ordered, watching as she tensed then slowly got off Tiger obediently and walked to the door in her night gown. "Good girl~" I waited till she was gone before I smirked at Oz and spun him with one of my hands going above his and yanked him back into my arms then dipped him, staring down at him. "She minds me~"
"That's a good girl," he told me and smirked. "Maybe I'll get my wizard to be the same."
"Lay down strict ground rules and teach them from day one. Offer rewards and punishments," I told him and smirked, bringing him up. "I don't let Raven play in the training room or let her bite me if she misbehaves. Find something the wizard likes and take it from him if he disobeys you~"
"I will," he said and hummed. "I'll make that little wizard mine," he purred out and then gave me a huge smile. "I'm glad you've agreed to come with me." I smirked.
"Of course, I'm coming, Oz," I murmured then leaned in towards his neck and licked it as I held him close to me. "You'll make him yours huh? Want to tell me details?" I teased as I closed my eyes and breathed in his scent. It would only take a little force to bite in deep....
"It only takes a minute to show someone who's boss... but it'll take two to teach them obedience."
"Oh?" I smirked then shoved him back on the bed, getting over him as I went for a bite.
"Dante, don't ruin the sheets some more," Tiger told me. "We're sleeping here." I paused last second and looked towards Tiger out of the corner of my eye.
"They're my sheets anyways.... You can tell that butler of mine to change them when everyone gets up out of bed... and if you want to get bit, get closer~" I teased then licked Oz's neck. Tiger huffed before he crawled over to us and grabbed my shirt before he dragged me to him, and he kissed my cheek.
"Go on," he told me and then nudged me out of the bed. "I already told you not to ruin the sheets. Don't even grumble about them being yours... You're sharing this bed with others so it's not just your sheets." I groaned and looked at him. I already must sneak off to make out with Raven out of their eye sights.... I should be able to mess up my sheets with Oz's blood.
"Whatever," I hissed and got out of the bed. Tell me what to do...
"I might be an old cat, but I'll whoop your butt if you keep giving me lip," he warned me.
"I'm older than you and I'm prince," I growled out, looking at him. "This is my castle. I let you stay."
"Noooo," he said in a teasing way. "You don't look it."
"Want to bet?" I asked and snatched him out of bed and went for his neck. "I'm older than you can imagine!" He pushed his hand up against my lips quickly to stop me and laid his head against me quickly and let out a dizzy sound. I tensed and looked at him worriedly then helped him sit down slowly, looking him in the eyes to check them. I touched the side of his cheek and frowned before I ran my nails across my wrist roughly to make me bleed then offered him my wrist. "Tiger... drink up. I don't want you falling while I'm gone." He nodded and grabbed my hand before he started to suck on my wound. Oz sat up as he looked over curiously. Mason stirred awake and glanced over in concern before he walked over and laid down next to us and placed his head in Tiger's lap. I chuckled then looked at Mason then held out my other wrist to him with a purr to see if he wanted some too. He can bite....
"No," Mason sighed out. "I'm just worried for oldie here," he purred out to me. I pulled my wrist back and nodded then watched Tiger for a few moments then slowly eased him off my wrist when I saw his body looking a little more healthy than usual. Once I was free, I leaned in and kissed his cheek then rubbed my bleeding wrist.
"Thank you," Tiger told me before he rubbed Mason's head. "I feel much better now. Maybe I'll get Raven to take me out into the garden while you're away~ Mason and Ellie will have to join me."
"You need some sunlight," I noted then rubbed his head. "Go outside but be careful. If you hear something, you take Raven and the others back inside. I'm going to leave you in charge, okay? You're older than the other two... and Raven... I don't think I could trust her not to eat the entire castle but that's how I like it," I told him and winked with a smirk. "So, you're in charge, got it?"
"Of course! I'll look after everyone." He gave a soft smile to me before he stood up and grabbed my arm before he let it go and walked into the closet.
"I'm borrowing your clothes again!" He told me.
"Okay! Don't mess them up, kitten!" I looked towards Oz then yanked him to me. "Come on. Let's get my bags and start packing them."
"Oh? I thought I would make you teleport us there so we could get back faster," he told me. "It's funny though because in the letter I got-" he pulled it out. "I checked the coordinates and it leads me to Russia but inside the letter it says Nightingale Asylum is in China." He chuckled then. "I guess we'll have to try one and then the other if it's not the right place." I looked at the letter then. Oh? He has coordinates.
"I could try with coordinates. I usually can only go places I've seen," I told him and frowned, taking the letter then grabbed his hand. "Well let's try. If anything, I can teleport us to Victor's place.... I haven't heard from him in a while...." He nodded and then looked at the cats.
"Alright, be good for your master," he told them and chuckled. He looked at me then. "They're all old and adorable."
"I love them~ They're all my little sweethearts," I told him. "We should get you a cat too... but you're getting a wizard. One step at a time I guess~ I'll get you a kitten when you can handle the wizard."
"I was thinking about going on an Easter egg hunt for dragon ones for my wizard. A dragon would be the perfect familiar for him."
"Well...." I tensed then. I did hear about that.... "All dragons are in the dragon realm. You'll have to find an entrance into it.... There is someone who might be able to help you, but he might protect the dragons from you," I warned. Laurence should know something more about it. He had like what... three dragons?
"It would be a big favor if you introduced me to him," he told me. I nodded.
"I can go see if he's home," I suggested then let go of his hand, teleporting into Laurence's study. "LAURENCE! I HAVE SOMEONE FOR YOU TO MEET!" I frowned as I noticed he wasn't in here then walked out, going down the hall quickly. "LAURENCE!" I tsked then as I didn't hear anything and grabbed a nearby servant as I passed one. "Where's your master?"
"Off in America or something," she said and looked at me with wide eyes. "He went to see somebody named Paris...." Paris? Of fucking course, he went to see Paris. I let her go then and scoffed.
"Just when you need him, he's seeing that French Poodle." I teleported back and crossed my arms. "He's in America seeing a French Poodle that doesn't deserve any more attention to add to its fluffiness."
"That's too bad," he sighed out. "I just had a friend go up there too. I could have sent a message with him." I frowned then shrugged.
"Oh well, we'll still drop in on Victor. He might know something about the dragons. He's closer to Laurence than I am," I told him and grabbed his hand, teleporting him into Victor's throne room and smirked as I saw him leaned up in it, examining his nails as he kicked his foot lightly with Trick in a chair by him and a younger fox male at the foot of his throne. I tensed then as I saw Laurence near them with a taller figure clad in a black cloak pulled up over his head. "L-Laurence... you're here? Your maid told me you were in America."
"I'm taking a detour," he said and then looked at the cloaked figure near him. "Do you remember Mayloi?" He asked me in slight amusement. "He's taking me to his hoard. Victor is coming with as well as his two foxes. I had a feeling you needed me so we're delaying our trip just for you. The letter hasn't been sent to my servants to inform them of my whereabouts." I nodded and frowned.
"Oh... well this is Oz. He's about to collect a wizard from an asylum, and he's wanting to know about the dra- Did you say Mayloi?" I asked sharply, my eyes shooting towards the figure in black. I heard a low growl then from him, the figure moving closer to Laurence with a snarl.
"Yes," Laurence laughed out softly. "This is Mayloi~ He's a bit untamed so forgive him for his bad manners." I widened my eyes as I watched as Mayloi hissed.
"I don't have bad manners," he said sharply to Laurence. Well this is perfect!
"Oz, if you want to know about dragons, there you go," I told him quickly and smirked. "There's the only one anyone has seen in centuries." Oz's eyes widened as he looked Mayloi over.
"It's a pleasure!" He said in excitement. "My name is Oz and I'm about to take in a wizard," he told him. "He's going to need a familiar.... So I was wondering if you would ask around for a dragon to come here and be his familiar." Mayloi snarled and threw his hood down and glared at Oz sharply as his gold eyes looked him over.
"Did you just ask me to send one of my own into this wretched world to be enslaved by the likes of a wizard in an asylum?" He hissed.
"Y-yes," Oz gave him a huge smile. "He's going to be powerful with one by his side and I want the best for him." Mayloi narrowed his eyes then slowly started for him.
"Do you understand what the people of this world have done to my kind? What they have done to me and have taken from me?" He growled out. "They were slaughtering my kind, and they drove us into the dragon realm to escape them. I was ripped away from my father at a young age by a much larger dragon!"
"That's not my fault or his," Oz told him sharply. "We've been hunted too. The wizards.. to my understanding... have their own realm to hide in but you don't see us vampires running like cowards."
"If we sent your little wizard a dragon, the dragon would wind up dead, stolen, or put into a program to take eggs from it to auction them off," Mayloi hissed. "No dragon would be willing to leave the dragon realm to stay permanently with a wizard. Most of us would have eaten every single one in this room without a second thought- especially those who have been recently born in the last few centuries."
"Well send an old and wise dragon that won't get caught or stolen from him," Oz said and chuckled. "Not all of you are dumb. I'm sure there is one that'll be willing and powerful enough to stay with my wizard." Mayloi watched him before he tsked then eyed him up and down.
"No one would be willing to leave their treasure," he hissed. "I only came to collect mine for a short while." He brightened up and purred, looking back at Laurence excitedly. "Treasure said he'd come see my eggs hatch~!"
"Eggs?" Oz asked and smirked. "Would you give me one?" Mayloi tensed and looked back at Oz before he eyed him over.
"What's in it for me?" He asked him.
"Gold." Mayloi snapped his attention completely to him then and started to purr, moving closer and then leaned in towards Oz's shoulder, smelling him.
"How much gold~?"
"A sack full. A pillowcase full of gold. For a dragon egg. It doesn't even have to be yours." Mayloi started to laugh then.
"Desperate, aren't we?" He purred out then knocked Oz to the floor, getting on him then started to search his pockets and moaned as he pulled out a small pouch of gold beads and looked at them in delight. He looked at Oz then rubbed his head against Oz's chest, moaning as he got his chin rubbed then clutched the sack of beads to him. "Two pillowcases and a handful of rare gems... and this sack of beads."
"Okay~ but you have to get me a special egg for my little wizard. I want it to be perfect. He's from China so maybe a dragon originated from his land."
"Owe," Laurence hissed out and held his head quickly before he fell to his knees and hissed. Mayloi sat up quickly and rushed over to Laurence before he yanked him into his arms and sniffed the top of Laurence's head.
"Dad, what's wrong?" He asked sharply and pulled him into his lap before he made a small noise and wrapped Laurence up into his cloak. Victor frowned and hung his head over the arm of his throne to watch them.
"I'm fine, it just stung me when I tried to know about this wizard... I can't see wizards," he reminded us. Victor smirked a little then chuckled darkly as he watched. Mayloi sniffed Laurence again then moaned as he rubbed his head against Laurence's quickly. I wonder if he's going to give Oz one of his or if he's going to steal an egg from another dragon.... Laurence let out a sigh and laid his head against Mayloi before he rubbed his head and let out a small groan. Oz stood back up and dusted himself off. The fox at Victor's feet crawled up into his lap suddenly and curled up there with a pleased look. Victor smirked and slowly lifted his head, looking at him before he rubbed the fox's cheek then moved his fingers underneath his jawline. He leaned in quickly and stole a kiss from him, sitting up as he pulled the fox more firmly into his lap. Oh... Victor got a boy toy~ Trick looked at them and gave a slightly jealous look as he dropped his jaw. His little boy toy let out a pleased yip and buried his face into Victor's neck. His tail started to shake then in joy. I smirked as I watched Trick then looked back to see Victor whispering something into the fox's ear that made the fox blush quickly before Victor's fingers trailed slowly down his spine, outlining it in the fox's shirt. He slipped his hand down to the fox's tail and started to run his fingers over it as he leaned his face into the fox's neck and kissed it. His little boy toy let out another small yip and rubbed his body up against Victor's. His tail stopped moving at the touch of his master's hand going down it. Victor gave a soft moan then looked his boy toy over before he smirked and licked the fox's neck.
"Better watch out," he murmured playfully at him.
"For what?" he asked Victor as he lowered his ears a little. Victor smirked and then started to suck on his boy toy's neck, dragging out the love bite as he moved his other hand into the small of his back and led him closer to his body. Damn... I wonder if Victor has taken his boy toy to bed yet or if he's waiting.... I raised an eyebrow as I watched and smirked. If not, Victor might excuse himself in five seconds to run off with that little fox. I heard his fox let out a nervous gasp and go to pull away. Trick smirked and used the opportunity to snatch him away from Victor.
"Poooolar, how about we go get some mushroom soup?" He asked and then got up quickly to lead him away. Victor frowned and glanced over at them before he tsked and looked Polar over then looked at Trick before his eyes shot back to Polar.
"Go ask the chef," he muttered and bounced his foot lightly in the air as he leaned his head back, a disappointed look crossing his face. "I'm sure he'll give you something to eat, boys." Polar's ears lowered then.
"I wanted to stay with master," he whispered to Trick.
"He'll be here when we get back," Trick told him before looking at Victor and sent him a slight glare. "He's got other things to think about besides your touch." Polar's eyes widened as he blushed. Victor tensed and sat up quickly, looking at them.
"Trick!" He got to his feet and went for Trick with a frown then. "Don't look at me like that.... I didn't know you'd get so upset," he said and then yanked Trick into his arms. "I'm sorry sweetie," he whispered and kissed Trick's temple. "Does having Polar here bother you because he's so much younger than you? I'm not going to forget about you~! You're my sweet little boy," he said and then rubbed one of Trick's ears. "I love you~ You're my only son...."
"That's what worries me," he whispered. "I don't want a dad that's younger than me," he whispered and looked at Polar. "Don't make him my other dad," he whined out. Victor watched him then tapped his nose.
"Trick, is that what you're worried about? He's not going to get snippy with you or try to act like your dad if he does accept my touches," he told Trick then before he kissed his cheek. "You're still my one and only boy~ I was going to reverse your age a couple of decades anyways. I don't want you dying on me!" Polar's ears lowered as he watched them.
"M-master is just my master," he told Trick softly. "Don't be worried about me." Trick eyed him over with a judgmental stare.
"I know what you did at that mating house."
"He didn't do anything," Victor said firmly and sighed. "I bought him to get him out of there because he didn't like it there. I was being kind... and Trick, I'm hundreds of years old," he told him then kissed Trick's forehead. "Besides... Polar is the one who usually backs off if I try anything," he told him and laughed. "I love you, Trick. Don't be so worried. Even if Polar does one day wind up in my bed, it's not going to change anything between me and you," he told Trick softly. "You'll always be my little boy."
"I better always be your little boy," Trick whined out and wrapped him up into a hug. "I don't want things to change between us."
"Never~ So don't be worried about what Polar and I do," he purred out and hugged Trick tightly. "If Polar falls for me, nothing will change between us~" He looked directly at Polar then and purred, eyeing his lips over then looked into Polar's eyes. Polar blushed and avoided looking at him quickly.
"You know I'm still going to be worried about the two of you- seducer!" Victor's jaw dropped then.
"Seducer?!" He said then started to laugh. "Awww, that's cute." He looked at Polar then and winked. "Polar, hear that? I'm seducing you~" He teased.
"N-no," Polar shook his head. "I didn't hear anything." Victor frowned and let go of Trick, going over to Polar.
"Polar... are you alright?" He asked and then rubbed Polar's cheek. "You don't look okay...."
"M-master," Polar whispered to him. "I'm fine." Victor frowned and pulled his hand back slowly.
"We've upset you," he muttered then sighed as he put his hands into his pocket and studied Polar. He tsked then looked at Trick. "I guess you can go ahead and take him to get mushroom soup with you. You both deserve it."
"Master, I just don't want to upset the perfect balance between you and Trick," he said softly and lowered his head. "He's getting jealous of me."
"I AM NOT!" Trick shouted. "I'm too wise to get jealous." I smirked then at them. This is getting delicious for household drama~ Victor looked between the two of them then before he frowned.
"Trick... are you getting jealous? You're about to have a bunch of kits come back to you," he said and then looked towards Polar. "Polar, even if he is getting jealous, you still have a right to be here. I purchased you to stay with us. Trick is just used to being the only fox around."
"I'm not getting jealous," Trick grumbled.
"I know master.... He'll warm up to me," he said softly and looked at Trick hopefully.
"If you don't end up in his bed I might," Trick grumbled.
"Hey, if he winds up in my bed or not is his own business," Victor said quickly and frowned towards Trick. "Don't be so upset, Trick. I've already told you nothing would change."
"He better not steal my spot in bed then!" Trick let out a growl. "I don't want to sleep in another bed."
"I won't make you sleep in another bed all the time," he told him then smirked. "Just occasionally... and then again, there are plenty of places where I can kiss Polar. It'll give you time to flirt with maids if you want."
"You're not stealing my daddy from me," Trick told Polar firmly. "I'll run you off if you get it in your head that you want to kiss him." Polar's eyes watered up then.
"Trick," Victor hissed sharply at him. "You're not going to run him off. You're going to respect my wishes as your father! If I want to kiss him, then I'll kiss him. I already told you that you wouldn't lose your place in my bed. He would just sleep on the other side of me. If you're going to growl at him, you can go take a breather in the kitchen."
"Hmph!" Trick walked out of the room quickly- growling a little under his breath. Victor shook his head then before he looked at Polar worriedly and rubbed at Polar's eyes to get rid of his tears.
"Hey, don't mind Trick. He's just an old baby," he whispered. "He's never had to share me before, but I think he'll calm down when his children move in. He'll be so busy with them... and he'll get used to you soon," he promised. "I won't let him run you off, okay? You don't have to worry about going anywhere. You're mine, Polar." Polar nodded and rubbed at his eyes before he moved up against Victor and buried his head into his chest.
"I want to be friends with Trick," he whined out. "I didn't think he'd throw a fit because of my special treatment you gave me." Victor nodded and rubbed his head.
"You'll be friends after Trick get used to you being here. Just be patient and understanding with him," he whispered into his ear then chuckled. "Did you like kissing me though?"
"No," Polar told him and looked like he lied as he gave an uncertain look about lying to his master. Victor frowned then.
"Oh... alright," he said then patted Polar's head. "Well, if you didn't like it, it'll make it so much easier for Trick to like you," he said then detached himself slowly from Polar. "Why don't you go get some soup with him?"
"O-okay," Polar whispered and walked out of the room- sniffing the air on his way out. Victor watched him then crossed his arms before he sighed and sat down in his throne then groaned.
"Damn..." he muttered under his breath, making me laugh. Has Victor ever been laid yet? I eyed him over and smirked.
"What are you doing seducing a fox anyways?" I asked him, making him frown towards me.
"He's cute.... He just doesn't like me back," he said then sighed. "I shouldn't have kissed him. He told me no where I got him when I tried to kiss him."
"Victor... he lied," I told him and smirked. "If you work at it, you could probably get him in your bed."
"If he's not coming willingly, then I'm not going to force him," he told me sharply then crossed his legs. "If he's going to lie, then he can watch me with a little more distance between us." I sighed then. Dramatic Victor....
"What are you two doing here again?" Laurence asked curiously.
"Checking in on Victor. We're looking for the Nightingale Asylum for Oz... and Oz wanted to know about dragons. He wants to get one for his wizard he's about to pick up," I told him calmly and looked over at him. Mayloi eyed Oz over then licked the top of Laurence's head.
"Mhmmm Well you'll get your dragon, Oz. We'll stop by to do a swap out in a few months- wherever you'll be at the time. Gold for a dragon."
"Lots of gold and treasure~" Mayloi purred out, his eyes looking Oz over curiously. "I might even have another egg just for you if you offer me more~ Otherwise you're getting a stolen egg."
"I just want one," he told him.
"Nightingale Asylum is here in Russia," Laurence told us and rubbed his head.
"I can take you there," Victor said calmly and smirked. "It'll give me something to do rather than invade Polar's personal space."
"Thank you," Oz said quickly.
"Be careful," Laurence purred out. "I guess I'll go wait for you in a room with Mayloi and take a nap." Victor nodded then walked over to us before he paused and looked back at Laurence.
"Hey Laurie... do I manage to get Polar as a lover eventually?" He asked curiously.
"No," Laurence said and looked like he was telling an amusing lie. "You'll get a better lover anyways." He gave him a jealous look then. Victor frowned then.
"Laurence... don't look at me like that," he said then sighed. "So in all honesty, do I or not?"
"We all write our own futures," Laurence told him. "That's your decision."
"If I do get him, will Trick always glare at him?" He asked and started to laugh.
"Victor~ I don't want to spoil it," Laurence told him. Victor groaned but nodded.
"Fiiine. I'll find out on my own," he said then snatched our hands. We were suddenly standing in the middle of a white hallway, cells on either side of us. "Here we are," he purred and sniffed the air. "Let's smell him out." Oz glanced around and looked uncertain. We suddenly heard the door open before a gasp.
"What are you three doing down here?" I heard a nurse asking. "You gentleman gave me a fright." She walked towards us then. "I thought one of the patients got out." I smirked then and looked at her.
"We're looking for a patient actually. An... unusual one," I told her then went to move towards her, but Victor closed me off and smirked at her.
"Know any strange patients that are different than the others? I'll pay you handsomely if you tell us where he's at."
"Strange?" She asked and raised an eyebrow like she knew something before frowning and looked disturbed. "Yeah, we have a real basket case here but then again this is an Asylum. Everyone is strange here."
"Where's the basket case?" I asked sharply and pushed Victor out of the way then. "We'll see if that's who we're looking for." Basket case sounds about right. A bunch of humans would say a wizard is a basket case.
"I don't know if you're looking for him though..." She trailed off. "I'll show you him," she said and then started back out of the hall. "He's in solitude. Right this way." Oz followed her quickly as she led us to an elevator, and we got on it- going down two floors before she walked us through a hall of seal tight rooms. She stopped at one that had a clipboard right next to it. "Patient Kasai Hachirobei," she told us as she stopped by it and opened the window to look inside before stepping aside to let us look. I stepped up to look and grabbed Oz, yanking him with me as I heard Victor purring at her before I caught the scent of her blood. Damn it Victor. What the hell is he doing? I glanced over my shoulder and saw him draining her before he bit into his wrist and shoved it against her lips. He just had to make a newborn. I rolled my eyes and looked back in to check out this Kasai. It's probably him. I looked inside the cell with Oz to find a boy curled up in a corner with his back facing us and his head leaned up against the corner. The room was concrete and had nothing in it. He was in a strait jacket and something was covering his face- like what you would put on a dog- a muzzle. Oz smelled the air then as I did to catch then scent of a wizard inside the room- it was him. Oz opened the door then- breaking the lock on it and pushed it aside. The boy looked up quickly and at us as his body tensed up. He stood up quickly and pressed his back into the corner to try to get further away from us. His eyes observed us before he relaxed a little and he fell to his knees before he sat down criss cross. I smirked then before I walked up.
"Hmph, looks like this is it, Oz," I told him and eyed over Kasai. "Kasai... we're here to rescue you from here~ This is Oz. He's going to take you home with him. How about we get that muzzle off you? Will you behave?" I asked and smirked, getting closer slowly then knelt and started to undo the muzzle slowly to not startle him. He eyed me over- waiting as I took it off him but as soon as I did, he tackled me and bit down into my throat harshly and let out a growl. He was ripped from me quickly as Oz got him off and held him tightly. He kicked around and let out a scream as he hit his head hard against Oz's head. He gave a pained look as Oz hardly made a face of pain. I frowned as I felt my throat already starting to heal and I sat up. "Kasai, that's hardly how you should treat someone who is going to take you away from this awful place." I shook my head then. Oz has his work cut out for him. "We'll steal his medical files, Oz," I suggested. Kasai widened his eyes as he watched my throat. I could hear his heart starting to race as he watched me. His face started to grow weak then like his body was fighting to stay strong against whatever medication he was under. Looks like it's wearing off but keeping him worn out. Oz eyed him over and smirked before he slowly sweep him off his feet bridal style as he went to fall. I smirked and got to my feet then before I undid the straight jacket on him and laid it on top of Kasai's chest. "There, you might need to keep that." I put the muzzle on top of it then went to the door and snatched the clipboard, bringing it to Oz to show him as I looked it over myself. "You're going to have to earn his trust, but it'll probably be easy since no doubt he wants out. Anyone would want out of here." Kasai eyed us over and looked like he was fighting dozing off. Oz eyed over the papers before smirking.
"We'll stop by the medication room and pick those up..." He trailed off then and looked at Kasai. "You better be good, or you won't like my punishments."
"Oh? What kind of punishments?" I asked and smirked. "Are you going to give him the meds as punishments?"
"Well.... maybe not at first... but I'll slowly take him off them in time and teach him I'm his new master." Kasai's eyes sent a small glare up at Oz but failed as his eyes shut completely. I nodded then before I whistled and walked out, seeing Victor holding the girl in his arms as she was struggling through her transformation.
"Victor, we're getting meds for Kasai," I told him and smirked. Oz walked out with his prize and showed it off proudly as he watched Victor in slight amusement. Victor looked at them then smirked.
"Alright, hand him over and I'll take these two back to my castle while you two get the meds. You can't be seen walking around with him," he purred out and went to take him from Oz.
"Whoa.. be careful Victor," Oz told him as he moved back a step. "He's dangerous," he warned. "He attacked Dante." He gave him to Victor slowly. "He's in and out of it right now. So really pay attention to him."
"Alright~" Victor disappeared immediately then with him, leaving me and Oz alone in the hospital. I frowned then looked at Oz.
"Well... let's go get the meds," I said then started off down the hall with the chart. "There's got to be a place for it somewhere." He nodded and then eyed over the papers.
"Maybe it says on there," he said and eyed over the papers. "It might be in the doctor's office. Dr. Philips?" He asked as he pointed to the spot with his name under Dr. "Room one on the second floor." I nodded then grabbed him, steering him to a stairwell then went to the second floor before I took him to a room with Dr. Phillips written on it. I smirked and kicked the door in, going in before I whistled and went to the cabinets, searching for meds. Oz glanced over the room and shushed me as he walked up to a man sleeping in his chair with his feet up on the desk. He looked like he was heavy out of it.... like he's been over clocking. Oz smirked as he circled him like a vulture before leaving him alone and went up to me and eyed over the cabinets of medicine I found. I smirked as I eyed the man over then started to pull out bottles for Kasai and handed them to Oz then grabbed a few more bottles and went over to the man, pulling out loads of pills and crunched them into fine powder in my hand and slipped it into a drink that was on his desk before I picked it up and swirled it, using my heat to help mix it in. I sat it back down slowly once the powders were dissolved and looked at the man with a purr. Heh, we don't need him turning around and looking for Kasai. Oz smirked as he watched me before he started for the door and motioned for me to come. I heard the man let out a small moan in his sleep as the chair tilted back a bit by his movement. I eyed the man over then walked past him towards Oz, leaving quietly. He'll either drink it or he won't. It'll look like he overdosed and was abusing his privileges here. I shut the door behind me then grabbed Oz, teleporting us back to Victor's castle into the throne room where Victor was in his throne holding Kasai in his arms. Oz smiled and handed me the drugs in his hands before he walked over to Kasai and went to take him back. Victor smirked and batted at his hands playfully before he rubbed Kasai's hand.
"Who said you could take him? Maybe I want a wizard~" He teased.
"Why? You got a newborn from the trip," Oz told him and frowned. Kasai let out a small groan and twitched his fingers.
"Fine~ here," he said and let Oz take him. "I have no use for another pet. I just wanted a newborn on the inside of Nightingale Asylum. It's in my country after all. I have a right to know what goes on there," he said and then crossed his legs as Oz got Kasai back. Oz smiled and looked down at his new toy and cradled him in his arms and started to rock him.
"You're going to be mine," Oz told him. "One day you'll trust me and I won't have to drug you to keep you with me." Mayloi looked towards Kasai curiously then let out a low purr, starting towards them slowly as he got to his feet and then leaned his face down to Kasai's and sniffed him. He gave a delighted purr then snatched him from Oz, putting his head on top of Kasai's. Kasai's eyes opened suddenly- like he knew instantly a high being was near him.
"Dragon," he whispered. Mayloi growled playfully and nuzzled his head against Kasai's.
"Mine~" He said quickly and ran towards Laurence with Kasai. Laurence frowned as he saw Kasai and wrinkled up his nose.
"Don't bring me strays," Laurence hissed. "That thing looks like it bit one of them earlier."
"H-hey that's mine," Oz said and frowned. "That's my wizard."
"Nuh-uh, he's mine," Mayloi said stubbornly and then sat down on the floor with a loud purr as he held Kasai tightly against him then nuzzled his head against him with a moan. "My wizard~ Mine!" Kasai's face lit up in a blush as he eyed over Mayloi in awe- his eyes worshiping him.
"Give him back," Oz said and frowned- looking at them with a jealous look. "He's delicate right now and should be bonding with me. His savior."
"Come to the dragon realm with me," Mayloi purred out sweetly and looked into Kasai's eyes, locking onto them. "Be my wizard~ You can stay with me all you want, and I'll feed you and take good care of you and keep you warm and let you stay in my hoard."
"No!" Oz said and snatched Kasai away from Mayloi and frowned at him. "This is my wizard. Get your own."
"Grrrrrr!" Mayloi got to his feet and went to snatch Kasai. "Wizards belong to us. They want to be with us." Oz frowned and backed away with Kasai.
"You weren't even fond of him a minute ago!" He told him and brought Kasai closer. Kasai eyed over Oz with a hungry look before biting into his shoulder and moaned. Oz groaned and shoved him off quickly and glared him down. "Bad boy." Mayloi snatched him as soon as he could and chuckled before he rubbed Kasai's cheek.
"See~ he's mine," he told Oz and smirked at him. Oz frowned and glared Mayloi down.
"He's mine," Oz hissed out. Kasai licked his lips and looked around hungrily before his eyes landed on me. I gave him a sharp growl and exposed my fangs at him quickly. Don't you dare come my way!
"Fine~ We'll just see who he wants," he said and then backed off from Kasai and purred. "Wizard, who do you want to go with? Me or him?" He asked and pointed at Oz. Kasai gave a confused, hungry, and tired look all at the same time and rubbed his eyes as he looked like he was fighting to stay awake again. He looked around and slowly started for Mayloi like he was following a call for his name.
"Kasai," Oz said in a hurt voice and frowned. "Come to me." He said and reached out for him. Kasai glanced over his shoulder at him and started for him then in confusion. Mayloi growled at Oz then.
"Kasai," he purred out quickly. "Come with me~ You'll be adored by all dragons!"
"Come here Kasai," Oz encouraged him and opened out his arms for a hug. Kasai walked straight to him and fell into his arms in a slight daze and rubbed his eyes. "Are you hungry?" Oz purred out in amusement and picked him up. He glared Mayloi down then. I chuckled as Mayloi puffed his cheeks out with a pissed look then stomped over to Laurence, plopping down beside him as he quickly pulled his hood back over his head.
"Stupid vampire stealing my wizard..." He grumbled.
"He wasn't yours to begin with," Oz snapped out. He picked up his pet and started to rock him in his arms, soothing him back to sleep. Kasai's body fell limp once again with his struggle to fight the medication. Mayloi grumbled again before he crawled into Laurence's lap with a sharp growl and hunkered down on him as he leaned his head against his chest.
"Well this is all fine and whatnot, but Laurence, me and my boys are accompanying Mayloi somewhere today, so~" Victor smirked at us. "Make sure to go home before I have to leave, will you?" I nodded to him and smirked.
"Of course,~"
"We should leave now," Oz told me. "Better for his mind. He doesn't need a dragon distracting him from learning that I'm his master."
"You still want to get him a dragon egg?" I teased as I grabbed him and teleported back into my bedroom. I let him go and smirked. "There, you can go pick out a bedroom to stay in with him until you want to leave. You can choose to stay here until Mayloi comes back with an egg for you... unless you don't want it anymore. Laurence will know however you decide, so~ pick wisely because they won't bring you an egg if you choose not to raise one for Kasai."
"I still want him to have a dragon," Oz said as he rubbed him on the head. "He'll like having a dragon to learn and grow with. Maybe a dragon his age would be best... or older so he can teach him things I can't. I don't know everything about magic- a dragon would know more than I would." He glanced up at me then and smiled. "I'm going to stay here for a little while, if you don't mind. I might wait for the dragon..." He walked out of my room then. "I'll pick a room close to yours!" He told me.
"Good! Be careful though! I don't want Raven to eat Kasai!" I shouted quickly towards him then froze as I heard a giggle behind me and was suddenly tackled as her fangs sank into my neck. She moaned in my ear then yanked her fangs out, kissing right behind my ear.
"Dante~" She husked out and trailed her fingers across my collar then yanked it down with a giggle. "I'm going to eat you up like a big bad wolf~" I felt something climbing down my legs slowly then- drawing my attention towards it. I gasped and looked down quickly in alarm then frowned as I saw a little furry creature climbing down my pants. I reached down and shoved Raven off lightly as I grabbed it by the scruff of its neck and pulled it up to my face but kept it back so it couldn't get me. I saw a little ferret in my hands, staring me down in fear. I frowned then. What the hell is a ferret doing here?
"Hey," I whispered then went to touch its head to pet it. Maybe I can make it calm down so I can slip it outside. Raven came back quickly and looked at it hungrily, staring it down. It squirmed in my arms quickly to try to get loose and run for it. I frowned and tightened my grip. "Eh-eh-eh, no!" I hissed then shook him a little. "You're not going anywhere. How'd you even wind up here?" It eyed me over before he started to shift in my hands- changing forms into a young boy- about ten years old. I widened my eyes then smirked. "Oh, hello~" I moved him into my arms and cradled him. "Aren't you a little rascal? How'd you wind up in my pockets?" I think I'll keep him. I'll add him to my collection.
"I was escaping," he told me innocently. "I was hiding in your pocket the whole time." I laughed then.
"Hmph, I think you're going to stay with me," I purred out and touched his nose. "There's others like you here~ but they're all cats." He looked over the room before giggling and smelled me.
"Are you like me?"
"No~ I'm a vampire," I purred out and exposed my fangs to him to let him see. "I don't take another form. I drink blood and live for eternity. I'm a living god." He eyed over my fangs in awe.
"Awesome...." He looked at Raven then. "Is she like me?"
"No, she's like me," I told him and smirked. "TIGER, MASON, ELLIE! COME MEET YOUR NEW BROTHER!" I shouted and started to bounce him lightly in my arms. He giggled in my arms then and looked the room over before he touched my shirt and clung to it.
"Can't you come to us?" Tiger asked from downstairs. I groaned then teleported to the sound of his voice, ditching Raven before I looked at Tiger directly and smirked.
"Here, I picked up a stray~ He's a ferret," I told them and walked up. "You three are going to help take good care of him."
"So, we can't eat him?" Mason asked and smirked.
"No," my little ferret told him and frowned. "I'm not dinner."
"Are you sure?" Mason asked in amusement.
"What're we calling him?" Ellie asked sweetly.
"Walter," I said and purred as I handed him over to Ellie. "There. He's from Russia. He crawled out of my pants pocket when I got back, sooooo~ we're keeping him."
"Maybe you should get him some clothes," she told me as she eyed him over and held him back out to me. "He's inappropriate right now." She looked at Mason and purred.
"We'll have to leave our legacy to him~! So, when we die, he'll know what to say and how to act to Dante."
"That's easy... Eat his shoes and give him cute smiles for food," Mason told her. I frowned then as I looked at Mason.
"So, you're the little bugger who's been eating my shoes all these years," I hissed at him and stole back Walter.
"Noooo," Mason said and smiled innocently at me.
"Uh-oh, you're in trouble now," Tiger said and chuckled. I gave Mason a small glare as I held Walter close to me.
"I hope the floor feels comfortable tonight," I told him sharply then smirked. If he's going to eat my shoes, he can sleep on the floor for a night!
"What?! I'm too old for that," Mason whined out.
"Good, more room for our newbie," Ellie said and giggled.
"You can sleep on the couch," I told him and sighed. "But you're not getting in the bed tonight." Maybe I can find excuses for them all to sleep in another room that way I can have alone time with Raven tonight. I smirked at the idea and glanced the other two over. "What have you two been up to? Anything I should know about?"
"What? No," Ellie told me and frowned.
"Don't look at me like that," Tiger said quickly. "I'm not a kitten you've raised."
"What's that supposed to imply?" I growled out sharply at him.
"It means I know better," he told me calmly. I tsked at him.
"Well then... I guess you can all sleep together in a different room," I said then raised an eyebrow. "For tonight that is."
"What? Why?" Tiger asked and frowned. "I've been good."
"You just told me that it was my raising that did this with Mason," I said then scoffed. "You can all sleep in a different room for tonight. Besides~ I need some alone time with my girl."
"Nope! We're sleeping with you~" Tiger told me and purred in amusement. "You two have plenty of time when we die." I sighed then and frowned at them.
"Fine, you got me," I muttered. I'll just sneak Raven to another room around midnight or something.... Tiger smirked in victory.
"Thought as much."
"Hey, I deserve a love life," I told him and groaned. "Besides... Raven's so sexy. You don't even know, Tiger.... She told me she was going to eat me up~"
"Uh..." Walter trailed off and looked weirded out at me and frowned.
"Oh, don't worry about it," I told Walter quickly and purred at him. "Hey, I know~ Would you like a bubble bath? Calvin! COME BATHE WALTER!"
"R-REALLY!?" I heard Calvin ask. "You never ask me to do things!"
"WELL GET IN HERE AND TAKE HIM TO GET A BUBBLE BATH!" I shouted and rolled my eyes. He better hurry up. I swear... I miss Frederick. After a few minutes, he walked in and eyed over the room before his eyes landed on me and Walter.
"Is the boy Walter?" He asked me and gave a pleased smile. "Come here~ I'll take you to get a bubble bath." I watched him then handed Walter over to him carefully.
"Don't let Walter escape either. He's a wereferret. He's staying with us, got it? He's one of your masters now," I warned him, locking onto his eyes. "If something happens to him, I'll personally whip you in the basement."
"Oh~ Actually I want to talk to you about retiring," he told me as he took Walter and held him. "I've got a son old enough to take over and I'm tired of running the halls for you." I narrowed my eyes then.
"No," I told him sharply. "Not for another year.... Besides, I'll have to personally interview your son and see if he's... competent." His father isn't after all... not like Frederick was. "If he's not, I'll have to pick a new family to promote as the head of the servants. Don't let your son disappoint me, or your family will lose the honor of being selected for head butlers... and all of your brother's hard work will be for nothing."
"It's not like the head butler does anything tough anymore since you've become independent," he scoffed out. "A maid could do my job blind folded. Why even keep a head butler," he grumbled and started to walk away then.
"Because every once in a while I get lazy, and I need someone to collect my mail for me and keep my dates organized and take care of my castle when I'm gone and give instructions to the other servants on how to care for my home and for my family and me," I said sharply and frowned. "Just because I take my own baths now and make my own meals every once in a while, doesn't mean that I don't need a butler."
"You should meet my son then~ You'll be impressed. Even my daughter is talented." He rubbed Walter on the head then. "Come on kid... We better get you a bath and warm clothes." I watched them closely then looked back towards my kittens before I smirked and sat on the coffee table, looking them in the eyes.
"So, kittens~ let me tell you about this dragon I saw today...."