A Tale of Two People (OPEN)

Amelia went to work preparing the meal, as always her powers came in handy. She moved quickly laying the layers of lasanga down and soon had it in the oven. She thought of how some regular people had veggies with their meals, personally she wasn't one for cooking the little buggers but.... She sighed, this was the first meal she ever prepared for her future husband. She wanted it to be just right, she let out a light gasp. Does he even like veggies? and if so which ones does he hate?! She tried to think about what they always ate together, it was either breakfast or pizza. She sighed.... This was hardly going to be as perfectly planned as she wanted.

She sighed, Well... I'll make do with what I do know... She made the lasanga nice and yummy and appetizing then tried to figure out something that would go with it somehow. She so far was coming up dry with ideas...

"Valentine.... I know you love Amelia... And I see your connection to her keeps getting more and more. Your bonded to her in one way which is very important in a relationship and you have achieved this very fast. However.... if an event like tonight were to occur again and it prove fatal to one of you." Percy hadn't really thought on the subject he just seemed to have random matters pop in his head.

"Valentine, I know you would die for her and her you. I think the sooner the ritual is preformed the better... It would hurt one of you too much if the other died and the other lived. You both have become so attached to eachother so quickly I never thought after your first offical date I'd be saying this. But... you have the permission and services of a old vampire, in such words meant. You need help call, you need the ritual preformed call, you want Amelia's hand you have permission from one who helped her grow stronger. But.... by my services this doesn't by anyway mean your like my master.... Though if you want to summon me to help at any time a blood pact might be in order."

Percy put his hand on Valentine's shoulder... "I didn't say now... I said soon, and besides that I offered you my services. When a vampire offers one's services it means to protect and help in time of need. A blood pact seals it in, many people have done things like it. Though the orginal creator of blood pacts were the vampires, werewolves, and other animal hybrids create pacts with people they trust or a person they think has a noble cause. By doing a blood pact it alerts the pact member that the pact head is in trouble even before a sound is uttered. It's like a dog's keen sense of it's owner's danger or death. And if you want I will enter one with you for your safe keeping. Amelia on the other hand is safe so long as you are safe since your going to teach her how to swim and all." He said with a light chuckle.

He smiled lightly, "Kid, you didn't get what I said... it kinda annoys me that I have to say it a third time but I will. I Percy Owise a wise powerful vampire has said he'd sign a blood pact with you to keep you safe from harm until you think the time is right for you and Amelia to wed. Of course that does mean that I'd have the tedious job of killing anyone who is about to kill you, saving your backside and a few other annoying jobs. But this is something I wouldn't do for just any friend, you and Amelia mean a lot to me... Your almost like family, I'm offering you a blood pact that I will come to your assistance when summoned. Meaning that I'll be there dirrectly to protect you." Percy bowed his head lightly, it was to show he respected Valentine. Not because of his powers, brute strength, or anything else. But because when one meets someone worthy of they're services it's the only thing they can think of doing.

Percy appeared in front of him, his super speed was no play. "Listen, you wouldn't be embarassed believe me. I mean I may be 301 years old but I can fight and I've never given anyone the honor of having my protection in a blood pact. And it wouldn't be for you, dumby... it'd be for Amelia's sake. And the more enemies the better, I like to fight fast I tend to run out of opponents also even a better reason to do it for Amelia's sake. Don't turn it down hastily, think on it... And it wouldn't be a burden, unless you stink at fighting terribly badly and in that case you better do it for Amelia's sake because you'd need it terribly. Also I'm never a burden, in fact I can show you a trial of my skills, plus most vampires say you must defeat them in battle before doing a blood pact. So... they'd think you won my assistance."

Seriously Percy knew the good points of this pact for Valentine, of course with every pact there's bad things like a possiblity of dying and in which if Percy didn't do all he could to spare Valentine's life in a battle after the pact was made and Valentine died Percy would be cursed with a curse of all curses for not saving his Pact head... But he didn't have to tell that to Valentine, and anyway if it did happen there is always a way to revive Valentine at the cost of Percy. Percy knew all the little details, only told the human side of the story. Most men didn't know about the full other side of the pact, hence why Vampires often wouldn't enter into such a pact without being defeated.

Percy hadn't meant it at all like that... He meant with the fact Valentine would be embarassed and he didn't have to be. Percy didn't want to fight him, especially when he was weak. Percy looked down, he had tried to fit in and tried to be a help and often only was a pain. This century wasn't for him, "I would've been proud to had a pact with you... I guess I'll leave. Tell Amelia... Tell her I'm sorry." Percy started to walk away at first slowly, then moving faster. He was so tired of trying to do something right, and the fact was he trained much longer then Valentine and had mastered his vampire skills.

But of course Valentine had never seen him in combat, Percy was lethal. He had strategy and talent, he also had endurance and stimina. Percy may have been trapped in a 14 year old's body and treated with disrespect yelled at and often laughed at for his telling the truth and other's not believeing, but there's one thing Percy would never do. Is attack a friend. Or... a "friend" There was a time when Percy would get so angry at people but soon realized it did no good. People never saw past flesh and bone. His dream of a future was impossible to him when he felt this way, because when a friend couldn't see past it then what about the girl.

Percy was much like a boy at heart, mature in mind. But sensitive on matters of the heart, he often hated that in himself. He ran off in super speed.