A/N-
In this story Vlad is a vampire and Alex is a werewolf.
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Alex's PoV -

     I playfully pounced on my best friend, Vlad. We were so little. Neither of us had parents to look after us and somehow we managed to take care of each other. At a young age my parents had been killed in a fight with a hunter. The gun shots had scared me and I ran off. Vlad's mom had died birthing him and his father had resented him for it and left him in the woods to die, alone.

     I found him crying one day in the forest. It was both of our natural instincts to fight. I pounced at him with a growl managing to bite at his small chest. He bit at my neck. Neither of us let go, not at first. In the chaos Vlad accidentally bit at my wolf ear. Even in human form I had the ears of a wolf and a tail. I let out a small whine and released my bite. Vlad quite biting me as well. Vlad petted me, I would never admit it at the time but I rather liked to be petted. My tail wagged back and forth. That was the start of a long friendship.
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     We took care of each other. We found a cave as out home, I hunted and let Vlad drink the animal's blood. When times were scarce I even let Vlad bite at my neck. We would both protect each other. On more than one occasion I was too badly hurt on a hunt to walk back home. I would have died if not for Vlad who found me and carried me back home to patch up my wounds.

     We often talked about our childhood and our parents. I felt bad for not staying with my parents during their final fight. Vlad would always asure me that there was a reason I escaped. Still, wasn't a pack supposed to stick together till the end?

     Vlad felt bad for killing his mom even though it obviously wasn't his fault and he resented his dad as much as his dad resented him. I would hug him and comfort him. We were supposed to be enemies but we were the best of friends.
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     Vlad lay in his makeshift bed crying and groaning in pain. I lay next to him, gently rubbing his shirtless back. "Shhhh," I tried to quiet him, "you'll be okay."

     It was Vlad's 16th birthday and on every vampire's 16th birthday, they grow their bat wings. I had heard rumors of how painful it was but nothing compared to Vlad's tortured groans and cries. I tried to help. This was a horrible way for him to spend his birthday, 24 hours of pure torture.

     I cared a lot for him. He was my best friend and only friend, we had known each other practically from birth. Sometimes I wondered if we could ever be more than friends.

     Soon enough the day was over. Even though it was night, when Vlad and I were normally awake, as soon as his tortured birthday was over he fell asleep. I still lay next to him, petting his wings, each time I did so, he would involuntarily twitch his wing. He was so cute. "Ugg, Alex, could you let me sleep," Vlad complained, he must have woken up.

     "Your too cute for sleep, also your wings are just so cool," I replied.

     He simply smiled at me and cuddled closer next to me. He seemed absolutely drained of energy.

     The next morning I decided to go hunt for some breakfast. I left Vlad there sleeping while I crept out into the forest.

It was still dark out this would be beneficial to my hunting technique. I changed into my wolf form and smelled at the air. Prey was near by, maybe a fox or a rabbit, I follow it's invisible trail. I was close. I sniffed at the ground trying to get a better idea of where the animal went. It's trail seemed to end right then and there.

     Suddenly, something jumped out at me from the bushes, attacking me! I growled and attempted to fight back. I turned around to face my attackers. Hunters, three of them, their soul purpose in life was to hunt, track, and capture creatures like me and Vlad. My parents had fallen victim to their kind. They must have masked their scent with some chemical, my attuned wolf like senses couldn't pick them up, they probably used some dead animal to lure me right to them, I growled at the thought. I hunched down into a fighting stance. I heard the click of a gun, I turned my head slightly, one had snuck up behind me and now held a gun close to my head. The others two threw a net of thin silver, a werwolf's weakness, over me. I couldn't escape now. A click went off and a second later a sharp pain split through my side, I looked down to find a tranquilizer dart stuck in my fur. A moment later sleep overtook me and I passed out.

Vlad's PoV -

I had followed Alex after he left our den. I couldn't explain it but something compelled me to follow him. I changed into a bat.

Having a bird's eye view I could see the hunters before Alex even knew they were there. They charged him and everything in my body told me to help the one I loved but I knew I would be of better assistance later. Alex, even with me by his side, didn't stand a chance against three hunters with weapons. I would have to wait this out. Alex didn't get hurt but he had been tranquilized by one of the hunters, he immediately fell asleep. I stealthily followed them as they carried Alex deeper into the woods.

They walked all day but when night began to fall the hunters set Alex down and chained him to a nearby tree with silver chains. They slipped a muzzle over his snout. Alex was still out cold. The hunters sat up their camp and made a fire.

Finally, night fell and I was in my element. I waited till the hunters were in their tents fast asleep. I didn't want to risk getting the keys to Alex's restraints so I took the chain in my hands. Immediately the silver started eating away at my skin. I hissed in pain. Unlike Alex my strength wasn't damaged by silver though it did cause me much pain. I gripped the metal and broke it in my hands. I grabbed Alex before the hunters awoke to my racket and ran into the dark woods. Once safe I worked at the muzzle till it too came off. I shoved the muzzle in my pocket, partly because I didn't want the hunters to follow our trail by leaving evidence and partly because Alex caused so much damage during full moons, admittedly I was scared of him at those times. Maybe it would come in handy.

I held my wolf friend tightly and found a nice clearing. I've never tried this before in human form but I flapped my new wings and made a jump. I managed to maintain some control though I almost hit a tree. I gained altitude and flew over the tree tops. We were quite always from home. Alex whined a bit and stretched. He was awake now. I smiled, Alex was so adorable. He opened his eyes, seeing that we were now hundreds of feet in the air he let out a yelp. Looking up and finding that he was safe in my arms calmed him down some but he was obviously still nervous. "Change into your human form, it will be easier to carry you," I told him.

He whined a little, scared that I would drop him. I gave a reassuring smile and finally with a flash of light Alex changed into his human form. I held him bridal style, his tail rubbing against my arm. He was too cute. I held him close to me and I couldn't take it anymore. I brought my lips to his in a kiss. My face blushed bright red. Alex, though stunned, kissed me back. Alex wrapped his arms around me. "Vlad," he smiled at me, "I love you."

"I love you too, Alex," I smiled back.

"How did you know where I was?" Alex asked as he cuddled closer to me.

"After you left the house this morning I turned into a bat and followed you," I replied, "I don't know how to explain it but I felt like I needed to," I continued, "after you got kidnapped I followed the hunters till they finally set up their camp and went to bed, after that I snuck you out," your were chained to a tree with silver chains and a muzzle."

Alex smiled up at me, "Your my hero, thanks for saving me."

"Why wouldn't I save you, we made a promise to be together forever, nothing can take you away from me," I replied.

Alex's PoV -

Vlad looked so beautiful with the moon behind him reflecting his light brown hair and silky black bat like wings. I had waited for this night for years, doubting that it would ever come. Vlad and I were now officially more than friends.

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     Finally, we made it back home. Trying to land Vlad nearly fell into a tree but after we were safely on the ground he sat me down. It was almost day break so we went inside and lay down in our makeshift bed of leaves and cloth.

I wrapped my arms lovingly around Vlad. He smiled up at me and buried his head in my neck. "Your too cute, you know that?" I told Vlad.

He mumbled something as he nuzzled closer to me. "Ouch," I whined as Vlad unexpectedly bit my neck.

"Sorry," he said as he took his fangs out of me accidentally dripping some blood on me.

"Your fine, you startled me more than anything," I blushed, did I ruin the moment?

"Good," Vlad cuddled back into me biting my neck again.

I sharply inhaled air in slight pain as he did this. He pushed me over so that he lay on top of me. I felt my face heat up even more. He stoped his bitting and kissed me. I went to kiss back when Vlad licked at my lips. I obliged and parted my lips allowing him entrance. His tongue explored every crevice of my mouth nearly choking me a few times. I gripped his back my claws digging slightly into him. We finally parted with a trail of saliva connecting our lips. We were both blushing. "Wolf, your too cute for your own good," Vlad grinned at me.

I simply gave him a small kiss. He pushed me back down into a laying position. I couldn't help but let out a small moan as Vlad bit at my wolf ear. "Vlad," I moaned his name lovingly.

He continued his bitting and kissing down to my neck. Finally, he gave me a kiss and lay back down beside me acting inocente. We lay facing each other and buried our heads into each other's chests. "I love you, Vlad," I mumbled sleepily.

"Love you too, Al," Vlad replied.

We fell asleep still holding each other.