While John was waiting outside for Elena by the carriage, Anna was having a conversation with Elena "Elena dear, please look after John, I don't want my daughter coming back and finding out her son has come to harm" Anna said while drinking blood from a teacup. "This one will take good care of the young master"
"It is understandable that John feels bored here while his cousins and the other kids are at school. Reina is also not here today to train him, take one more knight with you Elena"
"I will do as you command my Lady"
Elena arrived outside with a vampire knight "What took you so long" John said while holding the carriage door open for Elena. Elena and the vampire knight were shocked at John's action "No young master". John shrugged at their shocked expression "Its no big deal Elena, please come in" John said while gesturing Elena to enter the carriage "Are you also coming Mr. knight"
"No young master, I will be taking the horse"
"Okay then" John then entered the carriage
While on their way to town John asked Elena if she wants something to drink but she declined "Elena it is alright, I told you that you do not have to be formal around me, please try this" John took out a chocolate with raisins and asked Elena to try, she was hesitant at first but took a bite of the chocolate and her eye stretched open, she has never tasted something these sweet, "This taste really good young master"
"Have another one" John offered Elena more of the chocolate
"I don't think it is appropriate young master"
"Its alright Elena" then Elena took another one of the chocolates and ate it nervously
"So, Elena what do you do when you get time off" John said while sipping on some water as the chocolate that he ate made his throat dry
"I don't know young master; I just go for walks outside"
"Walks? That's sound so boring, but if that what you like, how about me and you go for walks through the forest behind the castle"
Elena felt nervous because John wanted to go walk with her "I don't know if it is appropriate"
"Elena" John said while touching Elena's hand, Elena was shocked and looked John in the eyes "Elena, you look very beautiful". Elena couldn't believe what John was saying, where did this all come from. Elena did not know what to say, she was far older than John, she wanted to say something.
"hehehe" John giggled "Don't worry Elena, I am not in love with you or anything, I just said you are beautiful because I think nobody ever said it to you. John then moved near the window to look at the scenery, leaving Elena stumped.
"Thank you young master for the compliment, nobody ever said that to me" Elena said while looking at her hands
"Don't worry bout it"
When they arrived in town John and Elena walked next to each other, they told the knight to walk a distance from them as they do not want attention. They entered an Alchemy shop and looked around at the different potions
"Elena, what type of potion is this" John asked while pointing at vile "that is a strength potion young master"
"Wow, I need this potion to get my muscle up, but I think I also need a speed one" John asked Elena to buy both a speed and a strength potion.
"Are you sure young master, this is low quality potions" Elena did not want John to buy this potions "Its okay, just buy them, I want to see if I can get a chance to cheat training" John said while rubbing his hands evilly
After exiting the potions shop, John asked Elena if she wants to go on a boat ride on the lake that was in the middle of the town. Elena was hesitant and did not know what to say but John grabbed her hand and led her to the lake. When they were sailing on the boat, John retrieved an instant camera from his storage ring that his mother put in his ring for some reason "what is that young master" Elena asked. "Oh, this is called an instant camera, it can catch a moment in time, are you okay with me taking a picture". Elena was hesitant but nodded her head, John then he took two selfie pictures.
"Say cheese" John said
Elena was confused "what does cheese mean young master"
John giggled "It means smile silly"
When the picture was taken, the camera printed a picture of them both smiling.
"Wow and they say vampires don't appear in pictures, guess that is fake" John said while looking at the picture
"Here take a look" John gave one of the pictures to Elena. Elena looked at the picture and saw them both smiling and a tear began to fall down her left cheek. Elena looked at John and he said "Keep it, its yours, I'll keep the second one".
"Thank you young master"
After their ride of the boat, they went on a short walk and John saw a meat store that has a line of 7 people. "Elena I want you to buy me lots of meat, I don't know why but I crave it"
"As you command young master". The knight was also nearby and John asked the him to help Elena carry the meat, they both had a nervous expression on their face "Don't worry I won't be going anywhere, I will be standing right here"
They both nodded and headed for the meat store. After a few min, John heard a guy's voice "Please don't take my money, its all I have". There were two guys who pinned a middle-aged man to the wall, one man had a knife in his hand. John didn't know if he should help the man or not. "Why am I afraid, I am a vampire with super strength and speed, I can take these fools"
John walked into the alley where they pinned the man and he said "hey! Let that man go"
The two men were startled, but when they saw it was a young boy, they both had a grin on their face, the one man with the eyepatch then said "or what kid, what are you going to do about it"
John also grinned he walked forward until he was a little distance from them "I am gonna beat yo ass". Just as John felt good about himself, he felt something enter the side of his neck, he looked at his hand that was full of blood, when he turned around, he saw that there was another man standing behind him with a knife that was covered with his blood.
Meanwhile, Elena was standing in line when she got a strange feeling, she turned her head to look for John "Where is young master".
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John began to spit out blood, on his neck the blood was flowing continuously, he tried to stop the bleeding by applying pressure with his left hand. The man who was standing behind John began to stab him again, another stab in the neck, the blood began to gush out, the next stab was in John's chest. John had never felt this type of pain in his life, he was never stabbed before, in school he was only bullied where the bully was maybe punching or kicking him, however, this pain that he felt at this moment was like night and day. John was shocked and scared that he might die, even though he did all those superhuman feats, it never occurred to him that he might die.
"hahahahaha, you stupid kid, trying to play hero, I'll fucking kill you" the man then kick John in the chest making him fall on his back. The one wound that John had on his neck began to slowly close and he applied pressure to the other wound on his neck with his left hand while crawling back. John began to plead for mercy, he held out his hand right hand "Please don't…"
Before he can say anything, the man began stabbing at his right hand, the knife went through the palm of John hand and he began to scream "Help!!".
The man who was pinned on the wall by the two men began to scream "Please leave the boy, I'll give you all I have". The one man then punched the man who begged in the stomach "shut up".
The other man then said "why isn't the boy dying"
The man who stabbed John also didn't notice the first stab wound had closed up already "what supernatural creature are you boy?"
John was very hesitant "I am a vampire"
The men then looked at each other for a moment and began to laugh "hahahaha, you are probably the weakest vampire I've come across, okay kid, time to take kill you"
"No please don't" John begged. When the man with the knife stepped closer to kill John, suddenly he felt something pierce his back, he looked down and saw a hand. But it was what lay in the hand that shocked him most, it was his own heart that was still beating. Elena then retracted her hand from behind and the man with the knife fell to the ground, dead.
Elena was furious upon seeing John full of blood, John had a scared expression on his face with tears down his eyes "You harmed the young master"
Her face began to change, dark veins began to appear under her eyes, the iris of her eyes turned red and canine teeth extended into sharp fangs. She turned her head at the two men who began to back away "its time for you two to also die". The one man tried to run out the back but the vampire knight appeared before him, before he could say anything, the vampire knight ripped the man's heart out of his body. Elena then walked slowly to the last robber man, the man fell on his knees and started to plead for mercy "please forgive me". The nails on Elena's hands began to extent and she chopped the man's head off cleanly, blood began to spray like a firehouse "go ask god for forgiveness" Elena said while looking at the man they were trying to rob, she was ready to kill him also until John held her hand "Please don't kill him Elena, he is innocent". Elena's face instantly turned back to normal and she hugged John "are you okay young master?". John put both of his hands around her waist and hugged her tightly "yes, please take me home"
In the Crimsons castle, Leonidas was busy pouring himself a glass of whisky "you seem happy Anna"
"I am happy because our whole family are here, I am happy to be surrounded by my children and grandchildren" Anna said
" I heard that Thomas got into a fight at school with another vampire" Anna said. "What happened, did he win?" Leonidas asked while sipping on his whisky. "Yes, they said that Thomas beat the other boy into submission". "I expect nothing else from a Crimson" Leonidas felt very proud
"But it's not right honey" Anna said.
"We are vampires Anna, we are predators, these fights will prepare him when he grows up, also, I sense the carriage outside, that brat you are so proud off is full of dried blood"
Anna was shocked, she immediately disappeared and appeared where the carriage was. Anna saw John clothes was full of blood, she became angry and the air began to turn heavy "What happened?".
They went to a private room where Elena explained what happened. Anna wanted to punish Elena for what happened but John said that it was not Elena's fault for what transpired. Leonidas was also present and listened to what happened, Leonidas looked at John with disgust while saying "So you could not even defeat a couple of street punks, you are a disgrace to the Crimson bloodline".
Anna couldn't believe what her husband just said, she looked at John's sad expression and felt deeply saddened, she walked up to John, she then caressed his cheek while saying "John dear don't listen to your grandfather"
John touched her hand "He is right grandma, I wanted to help somebody, thinking I am all powerful and almost got myself killed".
"Grandma, please don't punish Elena and the other knight". Anna had a soft expression "do not worry dear I won't punish them".
John nodded and was on his way to leave the room, he glanced at his grandfather but Leonidas did not even bother to make eye contact with him. John walked with his head down and closed the door on his way out. When John left the room, he heard Anna and Leonidas arguing "that boy is not my grandchild". John stood by the door for a few seconds and began to walk to his room.
In his room, a vampire maid arrived with a glass of blood but John said that he is not thirsty. John laid on the bed in his room thinking about what happened over and over, contemplating on what he could have done differently. John began to cry silently holding his forearm in front of his eyes while thinking "I am a failure"