CHAPTER
ONE: RISE AND SHINE
Everyone sleeps; the sanctuary of the clans is silent. A small flea named
Ariel: Rise and shine its time to get up and greet the day
Kain: . . .
Ariel: don't make me get the hose Kain
Kain: mrrgggfffmmmppphhh (intelligent reply)
Ariel: *yanking the blanket back revealing Kain with the now five and six year
old kiddies curled around him* GET UP ALL OF YOU!!
The kiddies and Kain jerk awake at the rather loud shout and glance around with
eyes half closed, Kain looks disapprovingly at the kiddies
Kain: you have your own bed
Turel: but the monster kicked us out again
Kain: *to tired to be bothered* what time is it anyway
Ariel: 7am
Kain: *confused* am
Ariel: yes Kain am
Kain: *still confused but amazingly calm* but we went to bed at 5am why are we
getting up at 7am
Ariel: school starts today and that happens during the day
Kain: oh yeah that thing
Ariel smiles triumphantly as she managed to get Kain to enrol the kiddies in
Nosgoth elementary, which was in fact Nosgoth high. There were never enough
children in Nosgoth to hold separate schools for high and elementary. This only
means the teaching system was slightly different.
Kain staggers down the stairs in an almost drunk fashion. However even with his
eyes closed he skilfully managed to avoid every single toy that litters the
stairway, before reaching the last three steps and tripping on one of
Melchiah's little trucks.
Kain: ouch %£"@ Melchiah how many times have I told you to stop leaving
your toys on the stairs!!
Melchiah: *being very quiet and attempting to be invisible*
Kain: *muttering quietly* coffee
Kiddies wander off into their room, after a few moments' shouts of play can be
heard along with a few minor crashes.
Ariel: good god
Kain: nope bad god but you got the main part right
Ariel: Kain you are useless! The children need to get ready
Kain: yeah . . . . Your point
Ariel: *exasperated sigh* see useless *floats of muttering* I need help I can't
do this by myself!
Kain: stupid woman *drinks coffee*
Ariel however being the woman and having just a bit more common sense than Kain
(not that that would be hard) floats upstairs and finds the kiddies.
Melchiah: *playing car* BBBBBBBBBRRRRRRRRRRRUUUUUUUUUUUUUMMMMMMMMMMMMMMM
*drives the tiny plastic car into a tiny plastic person then explodes into fits
of giggles*
Turel, Raziel, Rahab and Zephon are all crowed around there electric train set
giggling as the train approached a hog tied cockroach at high speeds
Dumah: *looking under the bed* where did Mr Monster go?
Ariel: ok Ariel lets get this done shall we . . . QUIET . . . . Ok little ones
today is a very special day your all going somewhere nice and fun
Kain: *from the kitchen* Ariel don't lie to them!!
Ariel: *cough* anyway you have to get dressed and brush your hair now
Surprisingly the kiddies fell for it and rushed off to get dressed in the
clothing laid out the night before by Ariel. Ariel now goes down stairs to sort
out breakfast.
Ariel: Kain how did you know I was lying
Kain: well I did go to school
Ariel: REALLY!!
Kain: oh ha ha yes I did for a matter of fact and I made it through university
I was on my way home when I was . . . attacked.
Ariel: oh I see *giggles*
Kain: What it wasn't funny!! It hurt like hell!!
Ariel: *giggling quiet a bit now* no not that . . . I just got . . . a mental .
. . images of you . . . in a school uniform *collapses*
Kain: oh great *drinks his coffee in a fowl mood at being laughed at*
Ariel: *finally stops and regains control over herself* ok breakfast *sniggers*
Kain: are you quiet done yet
Ariel: I'm sorry but it was just . . . wrong the image of you in uniform it
doesn't suit you at all
Kain: oh shut up . . . .and I'll have you know I wasn't born albino *makes more
coffee*
The kiddies choose this moment to emerge dressed in a sloppy fashion in cute
little jackets and trousers.
Ariel: oh dear *fusses over them tucking in shirts and doing up ties and what
not*
Kain: *rolls his eyes*
Raziel: daddy are you coming with us
Kain: no I already did school
Raziel: when
Kain: when I was your age
Raziel: *flabbergasted* you were my age but your so old!
Kain: hey I'm not old, I'm the same age now as I was when I left university so
watch it kid
Raziel: what's university
Kain: something that comes after school and college.
Ariel: breakfast
Kiddies sit quietly at the breakfast bar drinking warmed blood through wiggly
straws.
Turel: Heads up *spits his breakfast out his straw in a similar fashion to a
pea shooter*
Melchiah: EEEEWWWW ARIEL Turel's being naughty
Turel is whapped upside the head by Ariel while Kain covers his mouth
sniggering
Melchiah: ARIEL DADDYS LAUGHING!!!!
Kain: *perfectly miserable looking* don't Lie Melchiah!
Ariel: Melchiah its very bad to lie
Kain: *pulling faces behind Ariel*
Melchiah: HE'S DOING IT AGAIN!!!
Kain: *straight faced*
Ariel: Melchiah! *Turns half way through her sentence to find Kain pulling a
strange face* your supposed to set an example!!!
Kain: and there supposed to be brothers, they're not supposed to snitch on each
other *glares at Melchiah*
Ariel: thank god I'm here if it was just you this place would be anarchy by now
Kain: and what's wrong with anarchy
Ariel: *exasperated sigh* oh nothing Kain *looking in cupboards* here we are
*pulls out nasty looking tonic stuff*
Kiddies: EEEEWWWWWW
Ariel literally holds them down making them take a spoon full of the nasty
stuff
Rahab: oh yuck why do we have to take that stuff its nasty?
Ariel: it will hold off things like vampire flu and blood poisoning
Kain: *once again sniggering*
Ariel: oh don't think you've got away with it!
Kain: your kidding right
Ariel: set an example Kain *holding out spoon of nasty looking green tonic*
Kain: no £@"^ing way Ariel . . . *Ariel advances* I SAID NO!!!
Ariel: oh stop being such a big baby!
Kain: *runs*
The kitchen is now just host to the kiddies who listen as things through out
the house are knocked over, broken, doors are slammed and locked but Ariel can
just float through, cursing and many other horrible sounds that would break
innocent ears
Kain: *walking back into the kitchen with a disgusted look on his face*
Turel: she got you to
Kain: *looking crafty* I'll get rid of the tonic when your at school ok
Kiddies: *all looking relieved*
Ariel: oh £$£$% the bus is here *kisses all the kiddies and shoves them out the
door*
Kiddies: *waving from the bus Melchiah suddenly looks as if he's about to cry*
Ariel: their Kain aren't you proud
Kain: I think I'm gonna up chuck what was in that tonic *runs off*
* * * BUS * * *
The kiddies are all sat together in a small group on the bus full of unusual
children. In front of them sit a pair obviously siblings, both with cat ears
and tails, most of the children are in this fashion some spotted, some
stripped, some feline tendencies some with other animal attributes a few
wereanimals and humans but no vampires. The kiddies notice they are getting
some very strange and unpleasant looks from the other children.
Melchiah: *whispering* why are they staring
Rahab: *whispering* I don't know we haven't done anything
A taller boy with obvious tiger attributes suddenly approaches the kiddies
Tiger boy: vampires eh *the kiddies nod* there aren't that many vampires now
are there
Rahab: I think its just our family now maybe a few others our daddy mentioned a
few names
Tiger boy: there's a reason for that you know *kiddies look confused* no one
likes vampires and we don't want them in our school. *Rolls up his sleeve* so
get out
Melchiah: we can't Mrs Ariel said we have to come to school
Tiger boy: you talking up to me shrimp
Rahab: well he can hardly talk down to you can he he's half your size
Tiger boy: don't get smart *raises his clawed hand to strike Melchiah but his
wrist is grabbed*
Dumah: Get lost freak *hits the tiger boy across the bus*
Raziel: oh great we're in trouble already and we haven't even got there
Dumah: he started it