To Scare an American

To Scare an American

“Alright, I finally got it”

A man with wheat blond hair and sky blue eye behind a pair of wire frame glasses says holding up a rectangular case. This man’s name is Alfred.

“Vampire Slayer 4” he says holding the graphic game close to him “I’ve been waiting for this for like months”

Alfred enters his home and walks strait to the living room where his X-Box is. He opened the game and popped it onto the game station. It wasn’t long before he was yelling at the TV as he slayed vampires.

“Yeah, got another one” he shouts fist pumping

“Die undead blood suckers” he yells at the TV

Alfred continues yelling until the power suddenly goes out. He sighs and puts down the game controller. He slowly gets to his feet and fumbles around the room until he finds a flashlight. He flicks it on and makes his way to the back of the house. He descends the stairs to the basement and walks toward the circuit breaker. What he sees is both surprising and unnerving. The cover is torn off its hinges, all the switches are broken and the wires cut.

“Ok, this is freaky” Alfred says to himself

A crash from upstairs makes him look in said direction. He gulps and walks back upstairs. He walks toward where he heard the sound from and finds himself in the kitchen. Several plates were taken out of the cupboards and thrown to the floor the shards all over the floor.

‘Damn, I’m going to have to clean this up and replace the broken stuff’

A shadow moves out of the corner of his eye and she spins to look at it. There standing in the kitchen is a person. They have their back to him and are wearing a cloak so he can’t tell who it is.

“Hey, are you the one who broke my stuff” Alfred demands taking a step forward “Well your gonna have to clean it up and replace the stuff you broke”

The persons slowly turns to face him and he gasps when he sees a pale face with glowing red eyes and fangs.

‘Holy Shit, a vampire’ Alfred thinks scared

Alfred takes a step back and the vampire takes a step forward. He does this again. The vampire hisses at him, bearing its fangs and a terrified Alfred makes a break for it. The first place he goes is the laundry room. Bad idea. One way in, no way out. He turns to see the vampire is standing in the doorway. It slowly walks toward him and Alfred begins thinking frantically. There is a flash of light and he grabs the box of soap then throws it. The powder flies everywhere and Alfred takes this chance to slip past the vampire and run upstairs. He thinks he can use something in his room as a weapon, like the plastic Lord of the Rings sword. The throws the door open only to jump back when he sees a coffin on the floor. Against his better judgment he steps forward and slowly lifts the lid. He doesn’t open it far when it flies off. The vampire sits up and hisses at him. He screams and runs out of the room.

Another flash of light as Alfred runs down the stairs and toward the front door. He can’t hear anything so he dares to look back to see the vampire on his heels. He screams again and rushes to the door. He grabs the handle and tries to open the door but it doesn’t open. He yanks the door but it still won’t open. A hiss makes him turn around to see the vampire only a few feet away from him. He presses himself against the door looking absolutely terrified.

‘I should have never bought that game’ he thinks closing his eyes to wait for his demise

After a few minutes when nothing happens Alfred slowly opens his eyes to see the vampire smiling at him. Alfred is both scared and confused.

“Aren’t you going to kill me?” he asks

To his surprise the vampire starts laughing so hard it clutches its stomach and nearly falls to the floor.

“Serves you right” a familiar voice says

It takes a minute for him mind to process this and his face looks shocked.

“VLAD!” he shouts

Vlad or Vladimir nods and takes off the hood of the cloak revealing his strawberry blond hair and little hat.

“What the hell Vlad, you scared me” Alfred shouts

“Exactly, that was the point” Vlad replies

Alfred looks at him confused and Vlad expression turns sad.

“Alfred, you know I hate it when you buy those vampire games” Vlad says

Alfred looks down ashamed.

“I’m sorry Vlad, I wasn’t thinking”

“Of course you weren’t and you were talking about how happy you were slaying them” Vlad says angrily

“I’m sorry…”

“God, half the time I wonder why we’re friends”

The two stand in silence.

“So, how exactly did you pull this off?” Alfred asks

Vlad smiles at his attempt at changing the subject.

“Well Arthur helped me with some of the planning and execution like sneaking into your house without being noticed” Vlad states “The rest I did myself”

“I see, but how did you move around so quickly” Alfred asks

“I used magic to give myself super speed” Vlad replies “I broke the circuit breaker then went to the kitchen and waited for the right moment to break the plates”

“You know you’re going to have to fix that right” Alfred says

“Only if you return the game as well as any other vampire related games you own”

“Aw, nut their so cool” Alfred whines

Vlad glares at him and he flinches.

“Right, I will return them to tomorrow”

“Anyway, after chasing you out of the kitchen I followed you to the laundry room”

“How did you see through the laundry soap” Alfred asks

“I actually ran away before you threw it and up to your bedroom so when you thought you slipped past me there was no one there”

Alfred nods understanding why it was so easy.

“Arthur helped with the flashes of light as distractions so I could get around without being noticed”

“Wait, I thought it was a storm” Alfred asks confused

“Do you hear any rain?” Vlad asks

Alfred listens but doesn’t hear anything.

“No, I don’t” Alfred replies

“Exactly, you were to scared to think properly”

Alfred blushes and looks down embarrassed.

“From there it was easy, all I had to do was listen to your heave footsteps and screaming and man when you scream you sound like a girl” Vlad says snickering at the last part

Alfred’s blush darkens.

“I even have pictures of your scared face”

Alfred’s head snaps up and he sees Vlad holding pictures. He runs forward to try and get the pictures but Vlad holds them out of his reach.

“These will look great on my Facebook page” Vlad says looking up at the pictures

“Don’t you dare!” Alfred shouts still trying to get the pictures

Vlad just laughs and suddenly he is running away to the back of the house. Alfred immediately chases after him.

“I just remembered why we’re friend, you’re fun to mess with” Vlad shouts laughing

“GET BACK HERE YOU IDIOT!” Alfred yells

Vlad laughs and Alfred chases him around the house.