A blonde, a red and an Emerald hair were sitting on a high tree trunk.
"Look, we aren't alone." said Dael, The green hair one.
Johaen and Lester looked where Dael pointed. Far away there were the three strangers sitting in a circle enjoying themselves.
"Let's teach them a lesson. No low grade vamps can intrude our spot just like that." Lester said in a waiting-for-violence tone.
"Wait, are they eating? What the hell!" Dael disgustedly said.
"Ah man, they dare be in their original form.. In a private spot.. Of the most deadly vampires.." Lester said.
"Exactly, who would willingly wanna pick a fight with me.."
"Yes, That's clearly a challenge. let's get them-" Lester said.
"No one.." Johaen continued.
"What?" Lester asked.
"No one in their right mind would come in some other vampire's hang-out area. More powerful vampires to be specific. And since I'm famous they would definitely know about my strengths." Johaen thoughtfully said.
"So? What's the point, they are foreign Vamps?" Lester asked.
"The point is, They wanna be friends with the famous vampires maybe. Let's go talk to them." Dael said before jumping down and rushing to the distance.
"What are you doing!!" Lester yelled at Dael as he watched him reaching the intruders.
Johaen and Lester saw Dael conversing with them, so they both decided to go there too. They heard a stranger talking to Dael.
"Yeahh Let's do it, and.. What is the blonde guy and the Red head doing in the bushes?" The tall intruder casually asked shifting his gaze behind Dael.
Dael turned to look behind too.
Johaen and Lester were peeping from the bushes.
"Oh they.. My friends. A bit shy you know.." Dael casually said.
"Great.. you guys wanna be friends too? Join us."
Soon enough there was a circle formed and Johaen, Dael and Lester were holding hands with the three strangers alternatively in a circle..
"Now let's slit our wrist and hold hands as a sign of true friendship."
Everyone had to slit their right wrist as they passed the dagger on to the other. Johaen, Dael and Lester, all of them seemed unwilling.
"Hey guys, our new friends are a bit scared. Let us three slit first and give them some bravery inspiration." The stranger standing between Lester and Dael said.
Soon all three strangers slit their right hands and blood seeped out of their palms.
Johaen's brows raised when the weird smelling blood touch the surface of his skin, he had no intention of slitting his hand whatsoever, He wondered if Lester would do it or not..
"This is so stupid-" Lester said before sudden long howl was heard.
Immediately The stranger beside let go of his right hand from Dael, and shoved it over Lester's mouth. "Shhh, Wild animals!! Keep your mouth shut.."
As Lester's mouth was being covered, the blood from the palm got into Lester's mouth and he kinda got a bitter taste of it. He tried to spit it out but more of it seeped in, and soon enough he started licking it.
Johaen noticed this weird behavior of Lester. Only he noticed Lester was losing control and wanted to consume more.
Just as he was ready to pull out his fangs. Suddenly there was an even louder howl heard.
"Run!!" All three of the strangers screamed and ran directly onto their rides.
Taking advantage of the moment, Johaen quickly shackled Lester which was very easy since Lester wasn't able to put his full strength even though he was thinking he was. His controls got a bit loosened one could say.
The strangers' rides had four circling rings attached on their base and were covered with tin and glasses. In short; Cars, but Johaen and his friends don't know this term yet.
The strangers zoomed off and the cars disappeared from these confused vampires' sight in some mere moments..
"Don't let them get away, let me go!!" Lester insisted as he tried to shove away Johaen's hands.
Johaen realized Lester doesn't need to be shackled because his coordination lacked accuracy all of a sudden. Just holding a shoulder would be enough, he thought and did.
Dael asked "Did you guys smell it too, the blood?"
"Well well, I want more.. Go fetch them for me.." Lester told Dael while wobbling front and back.
"What's wrong with him Joha?? Has he gone mad, why is he going savage??!" Dael asked.
"Maybe he.. I don't know!" Johaen answered just as confused as Dael.
"What do we do??" Dael asked holding his head with both his hands.
"What do you mean 'WE'!" Johaen deadpanned.
"What-"
"You will take him back." Johaen said cornering poor Dael.
"Hey!!" Dael tried to reason.
"Wasn't it your lame idea to come down here.." Johaen argued.
"Whatever.. Let's just turn him." Dael said, trying to avoid touching the reeking Lester.
Johaen didn't respond, He didn't know what turning Lester in such state would cause.
"Good thing his other form is a bird, he could fly on his own.." Dael glowed up thinking he won't have to carry Lester, and will remain safe from the poisonous blood..
"Lester turn into your other form.." Dael shouted coming close to Lester's face and signing with his hands.
"I'm not deaf!" Lester said being annoyed.
"Come on bro try turning into your vulture self." Dael again said in a loud voice.
"I said, I'm not deaf!!" Lester said before turning into a large vulture.
"Come on bud, Try flying now!!" Dael said, nervous about Lester.
As Lester tried to fly, he swung right and left and crashed into a tree and fell right down to the ground.
"He can't fly, Nooo!" Dael said, being frustrated.
"Stop wasting time!!" Johaen scolded in worry, while watching the stupid drama of his friends.
Lester turned back into his original form, with dirt on his red hair from the fall.
Dael held Lester's shoulder and they started walking.
When they got out of the forest, Lester started closing his eyes..
"Heyy!! Stay alive." Dael said. "We are very close to home."
But Lester just slept right there.
"What do we do?" Dael asked Johaen again.
"I don't know.. Carry him." Johaen said.
"No, I won't. I haven't even carried my lady in these arms yet, plus he's reeking." Dael denied.
Johaen and Dael just stared at each other for some seconds with their arms crossed.
"Alright, I'll drag him." Dael accepted.
By this time, they were already in town, and very close to Nathaniel's place.
"We are going to my place by the way." Johaen informed as they walked.
"Why not Lester's?" Dael sounded disappointed.
"First, Nathaniel might know and do something about this. And second, you don't want to meet the woman you are crazy about in such a pathetic state." Johaen reminded, sounding like a wingman for Dael.
"Yeah, I guess.." Dael had to agree.
Both of them were trying to contain there worry on what had happened to Lester. Lester was gaining consciousness time to time.
They walked a bit more and reached Nathaniel's Home. Johaen opened the large main doors and walked right in.
"At least help me get him in Johaen!" Dael shouted.
"You are on you own." Johaen said before walking right in, leaving Dael behind.