Episode 12- A Good Friendship

As me and Cerberus walked down the hall I couldn't help but think back to when he said, "Your my brothers new favorite toy." Why am I? I can't help but believe it. I mean he could just be toying with me but deep down it felt like he was telling the truth.

"You okay?" He asked as we walked.

"Yeah, but I can't help but ask.." I took a deep breath, "why did you say I'm your brothers new toy?"

His face looked sad. He looked almost like he was about to explode.

Why?

"Cause...He-" before he could say anything we stopped at a door. "We'll speak later.." He said opening the door.

I remember these doors. They were the doors I came through to see my mother for the first time.

When we enter I felt everyone watching. The place looked busy. Vampires walked back and forth. They all seemed worried. I'm guessing they know about the elf.

We approach my mother. She looked the same when I first saw her.

"I'm guessing you two are here to tell me that you know about the damn elf?" She said angry.

We nodded.

"Well since I and everyone else knows I need help." She said sarcastically.

"Mom of course I'll help."I say. She's my mom I want to help. Plus it is my fault that this elf is on the loose. "But I just need to know why is the elf this way?" I was confused. Elves are happy and jolly not evil.

My mom took a deep breath. "They were good, but until Mrs. Claus put an evil spell on Santa."

"Why would she do that? I thought Santa and Mrs. Claus were in love?" I question.

"They were until people stopped believing in him. So without people believing in him, he became sick. He was going to die but Mrs. Claus practice magic, not bad but good, it didn't work. So she knew the only way was to turn to dark magic. She made a deal with a vampire and it worked. But for a price. After five years he would be evil. Mrs. Claus being in love made the deal. So after five years he became evil. He would kill and kill. He turned all his elves into these creatures. Know one knows what they really are so we just keep calling them elves. And so since Santa starting killing people, Mrs.Claus couldn't handle it. She put a curse on him. She made it were, since no one believed in him anymore, that if someone from the undead, aka vampires, that he would come back. But first his elves would so he could be stronger, than he would come."

Man that's a lot to take in. All the tales I was told as a child were lies.

"I'm guessing that's why I wasn't a vampire as a child?" I ask looking at my mom with concern.

"Yes. If you believed in him as a child he would come for us all."

"So why is he coming now?" Cerberus asks crossing his arms.

"Well the only way for him to come is if one of us believes in him. Like celebrating Christmas." My mom says thinking.

Uh oh! I think I made him come.

"Um...Mom...I-"

"Ambrose I know what your about to say. I know you did. But it's okay. You had no idea." My mother said hugging me.

"So what now?" I ask

"We fight this thing." My mother says ordering two people to go get something. When they come back they had armor and guns. She turns to me and Cerberus.

"Take these. I need you two to help fight this thing." She turns to Cerberus. "Take care of my daughter."

He nods. We take the armor and guns and walk to another room. We stand on the opposite side of each other. Of course we don't change in front of each other. I'm happy about that.

When we get done we turn to face each other.

"You ready?" He asks looking at me with a smirk.

I nod. Suddenly he moves closer to me. His face inches from mine. I go red. What is he doing!

I than fell his finger on my ear. Please someone stop him!

"There" he says backing away.

"Uh...what?" I say confused.

"You had a piece of hair that needed to be tucked behind your ear." He says smiling. "It was bothering me for a while"

"Oh..thanks." I say blushing. Man is he a neat freak?

"Okay times up!" A loud voice yells to us.

We walk out of the room and to my mom.

"You ready?" She says smiling.

"Yes." We both say.

"Okay now you two will be checking the fourth floor."

Yes my room is on the fourth floor.

"Is that okay?" She says crossing her arms.

We nod.

"Okay now move it!" She ordered.

I've never seen my mom that serious.

We walk toward the stairs.

"You okay Ambrose?" Cerberus says looking at me.

"Yeah. I mean I've never used a gun before." I say looking at the ground. I've never used one. I think I know how but I may mess up.

"Its okay. You'll learn." He says smiling.

He looks tough and sometimes act like it but he seems nice and sweet. I stare at him and smile. Its nice to know that he's really an okay guy.

"What?" He asks raising a brow.

"Nothing." I smile.

We walk up the stairs toward the fourth floor.

"Ambrose..." A small voice says behind me.

I turn around as fast as I can. But no one is there.

"You okay?" Cerberus says stopping and looking at me.

"Yeah." I say Turing back around.

Come on Ambrose! Stop! Get your head together!

As we come to the fourth floor we open the door slowly. When we enter the hall it was cold and the lights flickered off and on.

We walked down the hall. The silence scared me. I knew something was here but we couldn't see it.

"So..um.." Cerberus says trying to start a conversation.

"Is it really a good time to talk?" I question.

"Well it's better than being scared. It will help us so we can calm down." He says smiling.

"Well..Okay than."

"So what do you want to talk about?"

"Maybe that conversation about your brother?"

Cerberus looks down at the ground with guilt. "My brother just likes you. But he has a small temper."

He likes me? "Small temper?"

"Yeah like he doesn't like it if you talk to other guys. Or look at them"

"So it's like I'm his and only his?" I ask

"Yep pretty much."

I stop. I soon have a flash back.

"He only wants you...you are his...only his...." A faint voice says.

Cerberus saw me stop. "Ambrose come on. Stop standing there and let's-"

Suddenly something jumped on him.

"Cerberus!" I yelled in fear.

I quickly raised my gun and shot at what ever jumped on him.

It falls off of him.

He gets up. "Thanks"

We look at the thing. It was an elf. But it was not the girl from before.

"There may be more."

"But I thought there was only one?" I ask confused.

"The more you believe the more come."

"Okay so I'm not believing than who is?" I ask.

"I don't know but whoever it is will pay."

We continue down the hall. We check every room as we walk.

"Ambrose..." Someone says beside me. I turn to face the person but I don't come to no one but a room. I walk closer to it. I look at the name.

"Cien.." I say.

Cerberus turns to me. "What is it?"

"I don't know but I think what ever is happening Cien knows something about it"

"Are you sure?"

"Yeah."

We open the door. His room was darker than I remember. As we search I look at his dresser.

I see a picture. I pick it up. Two little boys and a girl is in the picture. The children were laughing. I turn over the picture and read what it says,

2004 Cien, Cerberus and Adreana.

I look back at the picture. Young Cien and Cerberus. They look more alike in the picture than now. I put the picture down and I see another picture. It was folded. I unfold it and it revealed a young girl. I grab the picture of the children and compare them. The girl with Cien and Cerberus is the same girl in the other picture. But the other picture is just her. She looks older. I look at the back of it and it said,

Dear Cien,

When I come back I promise we'll be together.

From, Adreana

"Who is she?" I ask Cerberus.

He walks over and looks at the pictures.

A frown goes on his face.

"Who was she?"

"A-a great person. She was my best friend." He says with a low voice.

I see a tear in his eye.

"I'm guessing she was an important person."

He sits on the bed and starts to sob.

I sit next to him. I put my arm around him. He puts his face in my shoulder. He cries more and more.

"Its okay."

"You would of loved her."

"Its okay." I rub his head. My fingers go through his hair.

"She was my world. B-but he stole her."

"He stole her? Who?"

"Cien! He takes anything that he wants. Including my love!" He yells in anger.

This poor guy. I thought he was the bad brother. But now I think I was wrong.

"Is that why you told me about Cien, about how he wants me to be his?"

"Yeah...I wanted to warn you. He seems nice but under all that skin is a horrible man."

"Why would he do something like this..."

"He takes and takes..."

"Dont worry, trust me. I'm not going to be his." The crush on had on Cien disappeared.

"Its not that easy."

"What do you mean?"

"He's not good with rejection."

Great that's nice to know!

"So what do I do-"

"I'll protect you." He says grabbing my hands with his.

"Why?" I ask

"Cause I'm tired of him getting what he wants."

I see sorrow in his eyes. I could tell he was worried.

I smile."Thanks" I hug him.

After we get done hugging we leave Ciens room.

We return to my mother.

"I'm guessing you two are done."

"Yeah we only found one." Cerberus says looking forward to my mom.

"Okay good. We're done anyway."

"What do you mean? I thought-"

"Who ever it was summing these things are gone. They ran off."

"Who was it?" I ask concern.

"Know one knows. There are so many vampires here I lost count. Now you may go back to your normal duties." She shoo us away.

After all that I walked to my room. When I go to open my door I hear my name.

"Ambrose!"

I turn to find Cerberus running after me.

"Yes?" I say smiling.

"Care to hang?" He says showing a bottle of wine. "Since it is Christmas"

"Sure. I don't want to be alone." I say smiling. I let him in and we open the bottle and we sit in front of the Christmas tree.

"Nice tree." He says drinking

"Thanks." I say taking a sip. "Oh! I almost forgot." I say grabbing a gift.

I hand him it. "Merry Christmas!" I yell with excitement.

He looked stunned. "T-thanks" he says opening it. His eyes widen.

I got him new shoes. Of course they were black.

"Ambrose if I've would of know-"

"Its fine. I'm happy with just being here." I say smiling.

"Well I can't accept this without giving you something." He than takes off a necklace he was wearing and He hands me it.

I look at it. It had a ruby on it. And it was blood red.

"If you don't like it-"

"I love it" I say putting it on.

"You know Ambrose I think this is a start of a beautiful friendship."

We both smile.

"Cheers to a new friendship and A merry christmas!"

"Cheers!"

And so we became friends. I guess Cerberus is a really nice guy but I can't help thinking about Cien. Maybe Cerberus is telling the truth. Or is he lying? What am I going to do!