Category : Books-Fiction

Sub Category : Fantasy

Part 2 of my Big Wolf On Campus fanfiction.


Merton was in the bathroom getting ready for his date with Colette. He hoped that she would still like him after they had spend more time together. Looking into the mirror over the sink, he re-spiked his black hair and once he finished he turned around. Then left the bathroom and made his way back to the dorm room to get his black jacket and some money.

When he entered Tommy was layed on his bed throwing a football in the air and catching it. He caught it and sat up crossing his legs. Tommy looked at his friend.

"I thought you had already gone," he said.

"I came back for my jacket," Merton replied and then picked it up off of his own bed. 

"See you later," he said.

"See you later, buddy. Have fun," Tommy said and then Merton left.

It was already getting dark out and by the time he nearly reached the girl dorms the sun had already set. He was about to turn the corner when a group of students jumped in front of him. Two boys, both much taller than him but they had pale skin just like himself. Although their skin seemed to look a little paler. Merton turned around, not wanting a fight; he wasn't much of a fighter anyway. But when he did he noticed the lads weren't alone. Behind him stood a girl and another lad. They too had pale skin. The lad stood next to the girl was also very tall but the girl was short. Much shorter than Merton and she scowled at him.

"Reece are you sure he'll be enough?" The girl asked in a low voice.

"He'll have to do for now. We need to feed and no one will miss him. He won't have friends coming looking for him," one of the boys answered, presumably Reece.

"I do have friends and if you try to drink my blood, they'll come and kill all of you," Merton said realising what they were- Vampires. 

"Is that so? Well we'll just have to take our chances won't we," another of the boys said and walked closer towards him. The others followed close behind. Merton's heart raced and he panicked. He needed to ascape but that would be  near impossible, if he was right about them being vampires. 

As they moved closer showing their pearl white teeth or fangs, Merton noticed a car headlight shining in their direction. It hurt his eyes a little but it gave him a idea. It wasn't sunlight but hopefully it would distract them long enough for him to ascape. Reece was about to grab him when he tried putting his plan in motion.

"Wait is that the sun rising?" He asked pointing towards the car and they all turned around. Merton took this as his chance and started to run. 

It didn't take long for them to realise that he was lying to them. "The sun doesn't rise until another 8 hours," one of the vampires said as they turned around.

"Yeah, he tried tricking us," the girl pointed out and then noticed Merton was running off. "Quick after him," she added and they chased after him. 

Merton barely made it to outside the girls dorm, when Reece grabbed him by his jacket. 

"Erm... Reece," the girl vampire said as she pointed over towards the wall, where a couple stood and who now were watching the struggle going on between Merton and Reece. Merton tried pulling away but Reece carried to hold on tightly and effortlessly.

Reece looked towards the couple and then back at Merton. He pulled him back and said, "You got lucky this time freak but you're dead. No one makes a fool out of The Diluculums." Then he let go of Merton and started walking away.  

"Come on let's go," Reece said and the others followed him, off into the night.

A few seconds later Colette arrived. She wore a black dress, that went to her knees and a complementary black jacket. Over her shoulder she had a black and red purse, and her lips were painted with dark red lip stick. Around her eyes she had the usual black eyeliner. She looked so beautiful, Merton couldn't help but watch her as she walked towards him. When she reached Merton she looked at him with worry.

"Is something wrong? You looked scared," she asked.

"I'm fine," he replied.

"Nervous then? I'm nervous too. It's been so long since I've been on a date and truthly I'm no good at them," she said.

"Yeah, that's it," he said in agreement because he couldn't tell her the real reason. If he did she would think that he was crazy or lying. He would have to keep it to himself until later and tell Tommy. 

"I'm not good with dates either," he added. Which was true. He's had dates before but they never went that great and his relationships never lasted long. 

"Then tonight should go amazingly," she said smiling and then started walking. Merton did the same.

"So where are we going?" She asked. 

"Where do you want to go?" He asked back. 

"Erm... I don't really know. I don't come from around here so I was hoping you could show me what there is to do in Pleasantville," she said.

"Well there's The Factory and bowling. Then there's the cinema," he told her.

"Well let's go to any of them. Let's just see where we end up," she said.

"Sure, good idea," he agreed and they made their way out of college grounds, towards the parking lot.

Colette followed him through the lot until he stopped in front of a car. Well a black hearse to be exact. It looked cool but it wasn't exactly a normal car for someone to own, never mind drive around in. As much as she loved gothic things, the hearse seemed a little much to her.

"Is this your car?" She asked Merton.

"Yeah," he answered.

"Don't you think it's a little strange to drive a hearse? I mean people must give you strange looks," she said.

"It's not strange at all to me but it does seem strange to some people. If you don't want to be seen in it we can walk," he said.

"No, no that's not what I was saying. I think it's cool but just a bit eccentric that's all. Don't get me wrong though I do kind of love it," Colette corrected and made her way towards the passengers side. Merton opened the drivers side and climbed in side before reaching over to open the door on the other side, to let Colette in. 

She got in the hearse and shut the door, at the same time Merton shut the door next to him. They put on their seat belts and he started the engine.

***

Once they reached town, theyfound themselfs outside The Factory. "Shall, we go to The Factory?" Merton asked Colette. 

"Yeah," she replied. He needed a place to park so he carried on driving until there was a free space. 

When he had parked, both of them got out and made their way back to The Factory. They walked towards the doors and Merton opened them letting out the loud music. Maybe it wasn't a good day to come to The factory because it would be hard to talk. Hopefully the music wouldn't play all night. He let Colette in first and then followed behind her. 

There was nothing to do back at the dorm room so Tommy was bored. Merton was off having fun on a date and he was a bit jealous, because it had been a while since he'd been on a date himself. Sitting here in the dorm room he couldn't help but think of Tristan and wonder what she would be doing now,  in Lycanthea but of course he was happy for his friend. He deserved to have a normal girl who liked him for who he was. 

Tommy put the football down on the bed and swung his feet over the side of the bed, and sat down like that. What could he do? He decided to go for a walk. It wasn't a full moon tonight so he wouldn't change into a werewolf unless something happened to make him angry or if he experienced any other extreme emotion. 

Back at The Factory Colette and Merton made their way to a empty table. Once they found one Colette sat down. "Do you want a drink?" Merton asked her.

"Yeah," she replied.

"Okay, I'll back in a minute," he said tapping on the table and walked off to the bar. 

Once he reached it he noticed his sister was with her friends. They had some drinks of juice. "Hi, Becky," he called.

"Don't talk to me freaker and why are you even back here? I thought you left for college," she said but didn't look at him.

"I did but now I am going to the same college as Tommy so now I'm closer to home," he replied.

"Ew, why?" She asked but she didn't wait for him to answer she started walking away. 

"Come on let's go," she said to her friends and they followed her.

Merton sat down on a chair at the bar, to order some drinks. 

"Hi, what can I get you?" The boy behind the bar asked. He told him what he wanted and paid for them. Once the boy gave him the drinks he said thank you and took them back to where Colette was sitting.

Merton put a glass down on the table in front of her and took a seat next to her before placing down his own. "Thanks," she said and took a quick drink. 

After a while the music had stopped and they could talk.

"So what do you think of Nosferatu, since you mentioned that you like the gothic fantasy genre?" Merton asked her.

"I love it," she said.

"Do you know back at high school I use to be the founder and president of a Gothic fantasy guild," he told her.

"Really? That's so cool. I'd wish I could have been a member," she said in amazement.

"Well, I could continue it," he said.

"Yes, do," she agreed.

They carried on talking and getting to know each other better until it was getting late, so they finished their drinks and got ready to leave. As they left so did Becky and her friends. Colette didn't see her and bumbed into her. 

"Watch where you're going freak," she said annoyed and turned around to face Colette.

"I'm so sorry I didn't mean to bumbed into you," Colette replied. 

"Becky make sure you go straight home from here," Merton said from beside her.

"You're not my mother and I thought I told you not to speak to me," Becky said.

"You know each other?" Colette wondered.

"No."

"Yes, she's my little sister," he answered.

"Unfortunately," Becky added.

"Well it was nice to meet you. Bye," Colette said waving and then she began walking back to the hearse. 

"See you later," Merton said to his sister. "Colette wait for me," he added and ran after her.

***

When they reached the college, Merton walked back her back to the girl dorms. He kept looking around cautiously because it was pitch black now and those vampires could be hiding around a corner, ready to attack him to finish what they started and get pay back for him trying to trick them. There was no way he could fight against them all by himself. He wished Tommy was with them or Lori and as much as he didn't like to admit it they were both stronger than him, and better fighters. But Lori was quite a few miles away and Tommy was back at the dorm. Even if he did try to fight them, he didn't even have a stake. Maybe he would be lucky that they weren't around.

"I had a great time tonight," Colette stated when they came to a stop outside the doors. 

"So did I," Merton said, turning away from the dark path to look at her.

"I hope we can do this again sometime," she said.

"Of course we can. I mean I'd like that," he told her.

"Well goodnight, Merton," Colette said.

"Goodnight," he said back. Then he closed his eyes and puckered his lips leaning forward.

"Erm... What are you doing?" She asked.

"Nothing," he replied opening is eyes.

"Look, I do like you but it's only our first date and I've never really had success with dates before," she said.

He stood back up straight. Then she hugged him. It caught him by surprise but he put his arms around her. A few seconds later she kissed him on the cheek before stepping back. He let go of her and she turned around, and walked into the girl dorm building. He watched her enter and then started walking back to his own room.

Tommy was walking down the corridor back to his room. He had walked around the whole campus at least twice and sat down for a bit on a bench, just thinking and enjoying the night. It was getting late now and he was tired. There was no doubting that he would sleep well. 

When he reached his and Merton's room he saw that his best friend was just getting back.

"So how did your date go?" He asked Merton. 

"It was great. No, correction it was amazing. She's even interested in in helping me to carry on the gothic fantasy guild and get members," Merton answered.

"That's good, so are you planning going out again?" He asked as they entered their room.

"Yes but there's something I need to tell you," Merton said shutting the door.

"What?" Tommy wondered.

"Okay, so maybe I was wrong about the residential advisor but there really are vampires here," he told his friend.

"Really?"

"Yes, when I was walking to the girls dorm earlier today to meet Colette, they jumped me," he answered.

"Are you sure they were vampires?"

"Yes, Tommy I am sure. They had fangs, oh, and they wanted to drink my blood," he replied.

"How did you get away from them?" Tommy asked.

"I tricked them but does it really matter how I got away? I was right about there being vampires, like I am always right. Well, nearly always right and we need to stake them," Merton said motioning the action of staking a vampire.

"Well, where are they now?"

"Yeah, like I know where a cult of vampires hangout in a college. We need to find out why they are here and find out where their lair is before we strike."

"Not everyone has a lair like you had," Tommy joked and Merton nodded in disappointment at his friends failed attempt at a joke. 

"Point is, we can't go walking around campus all night with stakes and water guns. We'll have to wait till tomorrow, Merton said.

"Good because my bed's calling me," Tommy said as he walked over to his bed and jumped, falling face down onto it.

They got ready for bed and went to sleep. They would need a goodnight rest if they were going to be researching and hopefully slaying vampires tomorrow.