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Peter walked nervously , looking around the woods, if course he got lost!! The one time he decided to go camping he got lost, if there was a god he clearly hated Peter there is no way he was this unlucky!
As he walked further away he decided not to make much loud noises since it was getting dark, the last thing he wanted was to attract any large animals. In the distance he saw what looked like to be an old castle , even if there was no one at least he would get shelter , as he got closer tho he saw that there was a tall fence surrounding the property, and he got hope by that , maybe someone lived there! They could take him home! He looked around and saw an old bell that was probably how you got attention from the people inside, he kinda liked it felt classy , and it was clear now the house was definitely lived by an old man or woman. He got on his heels ,as the bell was a bit tall, and rang it.
"Hello? Is there anyone home?" Peter called out looking closer at the windows to see if there were any lights on , he saw at the upper floor what looked like candlelight getting lit up , after a bit the gate opened and peter backed away surprise , that gate didn't look at all to be electric, and it didn't make any sound an electric gate would make, and that scared him ... But Peter could either stay in this old person's house , or sleep in the cold woods outside, and he picked the first opinion. As he walked in the gate closed behind him , he jumped once again but kept going to the castle's door; as he got closer he knocked on the door with those fancy knockers , this one looked like a bat and... It looked like pure gold! How rich are these people?! Once again the door opened by itself , now peter was terrified this definitely wasn't an automatic door it was well taken care of sure, but it was clearly an old door! Peter took a deep breath and walked it looking around , and damn! The house was extremely fancy, gold and red were clearly the theme, and it definitely worked it all looked old but in a good way, before he went exploring tho he decided to call out for the owner.
"Hello! Sorry for bothering you! But I'm lost " he looked into what looked like the living room to see if there was anyone there.
"Hello " peter jumped as the voice came from the big staircase, a man using some fancy old Gothic style suit , it was red and black well fitting in his body , and the man didn't look old like he imagined he was a fit looking man probably in his forty's , peter felt his mouth wide open the man was extremely attractive; the man smiled softly "you seem shocked" the fancy man chuckled, wow even his chuckle was attractive
"W-well... I expected ... You to be..? Well..." He looked away absolutely red , god why was he so nervous?!
"Old?" The man raised his eyebrows with a smirk slowly getting down the stairs, peter felt embarrassed at that but nodded , the man laughs softly as he finally got down the stairs "a lot of people say that don't be embarrassed" he said in a honey sweet voice extending his hand for Peter "my name is Anthony, but you can call me tony if you like , you are?" Peter didn't react at first but then shook Tony's hand softly.
"I-I'm peter..." He said , instead of tony letting go of his hand the man brought it to his lips and kissed the back of it making peter look like a tomato.
"It's a pleasure to meet you Peter " Tony said with a smile , one thing of note is that the man didn't smile with an open mouth which peter found weird, but he wasn't going to judge the kind man who was giving him shelter "are you thirsty? Hungry ? Tired?" The man asked , peter looked a bit surprised at the kindness
"I.. Yes I'm thirsty " Peter said , Tony nods
"Of course please follow me " the man said they walked through the big halls , most of the furniture looked like it came from the eighteen hundred's, but some mixes here and there , it looked like the man did have some modern things, but they were rare, once they got in the kitchen he realized how old it was most of the appliances looked like they were straight from the eighteen Thirty's , tho it looked like he had a room with a metal door, which was most likely a kind of huge freezer, and the sink that has a "vintage" look, but it was clearly newer. As he was looking around the room the man filled the cup with water from the sink and gave it to Peter, the boy smiled.
"Oh thank you Tony " he drank from the cup with a soft smile on, tony had a soft look on as well.
"So why are you here? This place is quite isolated" Tony asked peter crossing his arms around his chest , Peter finished the water and put the cup in the counter looking back at the man
"Well I should ask you the same thing " he chuckled softly "but I was camping with a friend and I got lost.. Before I noticed it was getting dark and I was nowhere near him, but I found your house so I decided I might as well stay under a roof for the night " peter said happily to tony , the man nodded , looking a bit hesitant on something.
"well... You have a family ? " the man asked Peter, the boy looked confused at the question but nodded
"Yeah, just my aunt tho, it's me and her against the world " he giggles "I miss her already " he said softly "how about you? You live at this huge place all by yourself?" Peter asked with a smile on, but Tony flinched making Peter from , did the man lose his family
"This was a bad idea " the man said under his breath "okay... I have a map you can go" he said leaving the kitchen , Peter frowned even more now, he didn't want to leave! He wanted to know more about the man, and also it was dark already
"Wait! I'm sorry if I asked!!" He ran after the man "I didn't mean to be rude " he held into the man's arm "please you are quite nice... And its dark outside.. I'm scared " He said softly to Tony who looked back at Peter and sighed.
"You should be scared to be here" Tony said to peter, which only made him more confused , tony couldn't help but chuckle softly showing a bit of his teeth , he had surprisingly big canine teeth , which made Peters eyes widen a bit "Peter when you saw me you said you expected me to be older right?" He asked the boy, Peter nodded now a bit apprehensive "well I am old... Very old" Tony said taking a breath "I'm two hundred and thirty years old " He said calmly "which is quite young for most of my kind" the man chuckled softly, Peter backed away
"Y-you... You are a vampire?!" He said looking up at Tony as the man nodded, maybe it was a prank but how could the man be lying , this place was ancient and Tony dressed the part "are you going to eat me?!' He hugs himself. Tony looked absolutely shocked at that
"Since when are vampires cannibals , is this some sort of new stereotype?" He raised his eyebrows , Peter shook his head.
"N-no.... But what were you going to do with me?" He said , he couldn't be fully scared of Tony , some part of his felt bad for the man... He probably lost all his family and was alone for maybe a century. Tony sighed looking at Peter
"I drink blood, normally not human blood tho, I have a small farm on the backyard " Tony said to Peter "but whenever a human comes close by there is a spell I put to attract them here, human blood id far better than any cow or sheep " he said looking back at peter and sighed "I keep the person alive and drink all the blood I can... And eventually the person dies of blood loss" he shrugged , that made Peter shiver a bit "well... Most people who come here are very arrogant ... Three even tried to steal my knocker " he chuckled softly , Peter couldn't help but chuckle a bit as well "but you aren't that, you are very sweet and nice " he said rubbing peters cheek softly "and very beautiful , I can't hurt you ... You remind me of someone I loved before I was bitten" he said softly , peter leaned into the man's touch with a blush on.
"Than don't " Peter said "I think you are nice too, and... Its kind of sad that you are alone out here, no one deserves that " he said to Tony softly ,the man smiled "I can spend the night here and tomorrow we can talk about everything... Okay?" Peter said giving the vampire a kind look, Peter wouldn't mind staying here for a bit... Maybe he could even show Tony some more modern stuff
"Okay " the man nodded "but don't be surprised if I want to keep you " the man chuckled, peter laughs softly at that
"Just one thing.." Peter said.
"Yes..?" Tony asked looked at Peter.
"You don't sleep in a coffin do you?" He asked as a joke which clearly worked since Tony started laughing
"Out of all the stereotype this one is my least favorite" the man smiled putting an arm around Peter.