Goldilocks and the Three Bears ~ A Twisted Tale ~

Introductions

Alessandro lightly patted the warm rag across the girls forehead. She had been out for about an hour now and she had a fever. After she fainted, Leonardo gently picked her up and brought her into the living room where she now laid.

"We should kill her." Nicolai suggests, glaring down at the girls sweating body. She looked innocent, but he didn't trust her.

"It looks like someone already tried that," Leonardo leaned closer examining her neck. It was defiantly no mistake and he could see teeth imprints.

Alessandro looked to Nicolai. "She's just a girl. A human girl."

"Yeah," Nicolai growled. "But not for long. She's been bitten and the venom is spreading throughout her body. She'll be a full vampire within maybe a week and a half. We have to kill her."

"But if we can find the vampire who bit her then we don't have to kill her." Alessandro said thoughtfully. He didn't want to kill the girl. She looked like she had been through hell and she needed help. "We can just get him to suck the venom out."

Leonardo frowned at his little brother. "Why do we have to find the one that bit her? We can just get any vampire."

"Yeah, but this vampire, we know is killing people." Alessandro said. "He has to be stopped."

"No," Nicolai snapped. "What the vampires do has nothing to do with us, it's none of our business. We aren't getting involved."

"But-"

"But, nothing." Nicolai said. "You don't understand, Alessandro. You're not old enough and you could get yourself hurt. We're not helping her."

Alessandro growled. "You know what? I'm tired of you telling me that. I do understand, our parents wanted you to protect us. I get it, but I can protect myself. If I want to help her, I will and you can't keep telling me what to do."

"I can and I will, now go to your room!" Nicolai roared.

Alessandro glared at his brother harshly and stood up. His brother had changed over the years. He was now, a cold, heartless figure. He showed no emotion or any type of kindness. The old Nicolai was gone. He left after their parents were murdered by vampires.

Leonardo turned to Nicolai as Alessandro stormed off to his room. Leonardo knew that Nicolai only wanted to keep them safe, but sometimes he could be a little harsh. "You shouldn't be so hard on him. He just wants to help and do what he thinks is right. I know you're trying to protect us, but if you keep doing this, he's going to start resenting you and I don't think you'll ever forgive yourself if that happens."

Nicolai sighed. He knew Leonardo was right. Nicolai knew he was a bit over protective at times and it often caused problems like these. He didn't mean to act like that, it just happened. He had been protecting and taking care of them for so long that it just felt natural. With another sigh, Nicolai trudged down the hall to Alessandro's room. Alessandro didn't answer when Nicolai knocked, but he was in there, so Nicolai opened the door.

"I don't remember them, you know that?" Alessandro spoke before Nicolai got the chance. "My own parents and I can only remember their faces when I look at the pictures. I can't remember their voices, or personalities. Nothing."

Nicolai creep forward and sat next to Alessandro on his bed. "You were young, Alex."

"So, were you."

"But I was older than you and I had known them longer. You were only a toddler. It's not your fault." Nicolai watched his brother as he stared out the window up at the moon.

"I just wish... I could've helped somehow. I wish I had been older so that I could know them and maybe I would've been able to help them." Alessandro wanted to know what it was like to have a mother and a father. Nicolai had raised him, like a father, but he wasn't. All the other kids had moms and dads except him.