Dwelling as a Monster prt 7

VonFrood stared at the lid of his coffin as he tried to sleep, but a wide and goofy grin couldn't leave his face, his green furry cheeks shining bright red at what happened five hours ago. Dreamy eyes as thoughts of Nisha and himself flooded his mind, and oddly enough with his nephew as well, as one big happy family, but mostly of the girl.

The feeling of her soft lips was like a dream come true for him, but completely the opposite for the girl, who tossed and turned in her own coffin, just a few rooms away from his.

"Oh Seuss... Oh Seuss..." she muttered as she tried to remember why she lunged herself to the Chairman.

Oh... right...

Blood...

"I have to control myself..." she hit herself on her forehead as she went back to sleep.

°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°

"The VampWho kiss..." the Head Vampire sighed, receiving the news minutes before sunrise. "No one can resist the VampWho kiss, much less other vampires..."

"Wasn't it immune to other vampires?" Matthew asked.

"Well, it is. But if one of them really feels something for the other it will work, only half of what it does to normal Who's..." she sat inside her coffin and fluffed up her pillow, "Did you get the other vampires ready for tonight?"

"Yes..."

"And did you find our... guest?"

"Yes, mistress..."

"Perfect!" she smiled, "Well, better get some rest for the big night, good morning, Mattie!" She closed the lid.

"It's Matthew..." he grunted as he too, went to his room in the mansion and slept inside his coffin.

°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°

Lenny offered the McDodd's some help to decorate their house as they too offered the same to the Van Hoose VonFrood household. Most girls wanted to help the little green Who, but he hid every time he heard them coming with help from Jojo.

"Lenny!!!"
"Help us put up the mistletoe!!"

"My sisters really like you..." Jojo muttered, rigging up the lights along with his friend. "The only girl I'll let to help me is..." he blushed a bit, without finishing his sentence.

"Oh, with Carly, right?"

"Jojo! Shut it!"

"Caly" a small voice spooked them, it was Jojo's littlest sister, Hedy. "Caly, Caly, Caly."

Both boys laughed, Sally picking her up. "Come on, Hedy, we can do snow angels later."

"Mummy!" she hugged her mother and Sally giggled, "Better leave you two boys alone with your 'girl' talk."

Lenny's face was even more red than before, Jojo laughed and got a light punch on the arm from the green Who. "Shut it... Or should I get the many girls who are after you, huh?"

The green and grey Who looked at Lenny sternly, who smiled devilishly in return.

"Okay, okay... truce..."

Lenny laughed as he helped Jojo onto his shoulder's to reach a high roof. Snow lightly falling down on Whoville. "I hope Uncle Grinch can come."

Grinch?

That word made Jojo's fur stand on end.

"Uh... Jojo?"

"Don't say that..."

"What? Uncle Grinch?"

The grey and black Who let out a small whimper. "Y-yeah..."

"Why? Because of what happened on Northern Whoville? That was a long time ago."

"But still... Don't say that... Who's here don't know that yet..."

"He's still my uncle."

°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°

VonFrood rose from his coffin, stretching out his arms as the last rays of the sun gave way to the darkness shrouding all over his manor. He smiled after letting out a yawn and closing the lid of his coffin, opening up the drapes to see the crescent moon. A knock was heard at the front door.

"Yes?" he opened it up.

"Chairman VonFrood, the mistress wishes for you and your guest to come to the mansion in a few hours... She needs to speak to you both..."

"Is there a reason why?" he asked, arms crossed.

"She'll explain herself once you're there." Matthew said before he walked towards the woods.

"I wonder what it could be..." The Chairman scratched the back of his head before heading towards Nisha's room. He stopped to look at her brushing her fur and hair, smiling at her. She took a few seconds before noticing "Victor...!"

"Sorry for... not knocking..." he chuckled nervously.

"Who was it at the door?"

"It was Matthew... He said that the Head Vampire wants to speak to us, with no reason."

"Oh Seuss..." she grunted, rubbing between her eyes. "Maybe it's from... You know..."

"I don't know..." his face shone bright red.

"Is it something forbidden to vampires?"

"No, it's not. But if she wants to speak to us it must be of something, either good or bad..."

She sighed, "I hope it's the good kind"

"Me too..."

Nisha kept brushing her hair, VonFrood stopped to look at her again before walking out of the room, smiling to himself.

°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°

"Viccy! Nisha!" The Head Vampire yelled out happily. "I thought you were gonna come before sunrise, good choice for coming early!"

"Uh... Yes..." VonFrood eyed the teenager, concerned at her outburst of happyness.

He cleared his throat, "Mistress, what is the reason for you to call for us?"

"Oh yeah! Almost forgot!" She stood up and walked slowly towards them, her face calm. Nisha and VonFrood got a weird feeling at the pit of their stomachs, a bad kind of weird feeling.

Many vampires above them, standing near the balcony, muttered words they couldn't make out, but they all had smiles on their faces, their fangs poking out of their lips.

The girl rose a hand for silence. "Victor..."

He listened carefully.

"Can you tell me the four rules?"

"O-Of course..." He coughed up a bit, Nisha looked at him worriedly as he told the four rules:

"Rule 1
You can NEVER go out in the sunlight."

"Yes... Go on..." The Head Vampire held her hands behind her back.

"Rule 2
Wear a cloak or coat, it will keep you warm when you 'feed'.
Rule 3
Sleeping in coffins is a must. Coffins help sleep better during the day."

"Yes, and what about the fourth rule?"

How the teenager said it made Nisha's stomach churn, she said it as if she was curious, but in a very bad way, giving her chills down her spine. The Head Vampire nodded to Matthew and he walked towards a room, locking the door.

"Victor, can you tell all of us the fourth rule?" The Head Vampire cooed.

"Rule 4...
You can NEVER reveal yourself to ANYONE. You can NEVER return to your family..."

Her smiled widened, swishing her foot back and forth, "Exactly!"

The candy cane furred VampWho opened the door he locked from the inside, the sound of someone whimpering in fear echoed the room before Matthew walked out with a little green Who with aqua hair, pleading him to let go.

'Lenny...!' both VonFrood and Nisha thought.

"No...! Please let me go! Please!"

"Matthew here found out that the fourth rule was broken... YOU two broke that rule..." the teenage girl cooed once more. "And whenever a VampWho breaks fourth rule... the most important rule... The rule that keeps us all alive..."

Mathew handed over the little Who to the Head Vampire, she grabbed his wrist tightly as he tried to pull away. She sniffed him and his brown cloak, "Hmm... You found out how to get your scent invisible to us... No wonder Mattie had  difficulty to find you."

"It's Matthew..." he muttered.

"P-please... Don't hurt me...!" Lenny whimpered. The teenager took off his cloak, "I guess your Uncle filled you with the details, huh?" she smiled to him sweetly as he shivered. "The name's Nellie, kid."

Nisha tried to get to the boy, but was stopped by a couple of Vampires that flew down from the balcony., while the rest of them laughed.

"Is the little boy scared?" Nellie said sweetly. "You wanna go home to your mommy under the tree near the fireplace as the snow falls down?"

The green Who nodded slowly.

"I miss those days, a mommy's arms wrapped around you protectively, nothing can harm you as you feel safe... Good old times." She yanked his arm, looking at VonFrood and Nisha with no expression. "You two know what happens... Whenever a vampire breaks the fourth rule... The one they revealed themselves to gets the punishment..."

Nellie lifted the boy up with her arms, not bothering to hypnotize him.

"Lenny!" Nisha yelled out, trying to get thru with no prevail.

The teenager's fangs glimmered from the light of the candles as well as the boy's tears, filled with fright.

"LENNY!!!"

Her yell was drowned by the cheers and laughs of the other vampires, Nellie's fangs piercing the green Who's neck. Lenny's tears fell as he whimpered and screamed. Both he and the girl rose from the ground, she biting him deeper.

"LENNY!!!" Nisha too shed tears of both fright and sadness, she went to VonFrood who stared at the event, "Victor!! You have to do something!!"

He glanced at her, her sad face broke his heart, but he didn't know what to do. He didn't want to defy Nellie again. Then he remembered something...

Something he could do!

But he had to find the opportune moment to do so.

A loud thump and labored breathing made both of them look back at where Nellie and Lenny stood, she now walking towards the door. "I hope this will be a lesson to you... To ALL of you..." She vanished. The rest of the vampires left as well, either thru  door or a window.

Nisha ran to the fallen body of the boy, "Lenny... Lenny!"

She shook him lightly, he glancing weakly at her as he went pale. She touched his forehead, cold...

"Give me the boy..." VonFrood ordered plainly. She gave him his nephew's body, hearing a faint heartbeat as he walked towards a room, leaving Nisha crying to herself on the ground.

°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°

Moments later VonFrood returned, "Victor...! I-Is Lenny..."

He sighed, holding her hand. "W-what happened to him...?"

The green and black Who hid something inside his cloak, he opened it up, revealing his nephew...

Blood staining his lips and hands...

Fangs poking out of his little mouth...

"Lenny..." she hugged the boy tightly, letting out sobs as VonFrood rubbed his wrist. "He almost died before I could do it... Either let him die or... this..."

Nisha stared at the Chairman for a few seconds before glancing at Lenny, "Thank you for not letting him die..." she dug her face onto VonFrood's chest, tears falling from her eyes. He held her close as Lenny did the same.

"You don't know how sweet of a nephew you have..."

"I know, Nisha..." he cooed.

"I know now..."