Say Hello to Henry and Henry Pt. One
This is Henry Fitzroy.
He is from the show Blood Ties (2007). He is a 480 year old vampire. When he was alive he was kinda royalty.
This is Henry Durham.
He is from the show Being Human (US Version). He is a little over 100 years old. Before he was turned he was a WW1 medic. A sweet guy really.
Yes they are both played by actor Kyle Schmid.
I think it's great that the same actor was able to play two different vampire characters with the same name, and I love them for two different reasons.
Henry Fitzroy is fun.
He's smart.
He is living his life and has no qualms about being a vampire.
I have not had this much fun watching a vampire on screen in a long while.
Henry Durham is a survivor.
Poor boy is a magnet for trouble.
He was such a sweetums.
Now don't get me wrong. They are vampires and as a human we are food to them, but my goodness we get to know them as people and they are something else.
They are both monsters in their own right and have done monstrous things over the course of their vampire life.
MORE LATER IN PART TWO.
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a dog, a girl, and the Devil himself....
The Beginning
The dog's eyes bulged from its socket as the adolescent squeezed him tight.
"He's perfect. Can I keep him, Daddy?"
Her father hummed to distract himself from the burning glare his wife gave.
"I don't see why not."
The wife huffed, crossing her arms.
"Oh, thank you! Thank you! I promise you won't even know he's here."
"Well, you better get him trained." The mother scowled, her eyes shouting disgust from behind her thick-rimmed glasses.
"Oh! What should we name him?" The young teen beamed, overjoyed with the prospect of her first pet.
"Marty, are you even listening to me?"
"What about Rex?" She danced with the dog in her arms, mimicking the movement of a dinosaur.
"Marty Anne!" She was growing restless with her daughter's antics.
"Mom, he'll get trained. I promise."
Submissive of his wife's orders, John approached his child. "Listen, Marty. He's your responsibility. If anything goes wrong, you have to own up to it." He attempted to pat his daughter's head, but fought against it, seeing that she was almost his height anyway.
"So, any names?" She blinked, unfazed by her parents' concern.
Polishing his glasses, he sighed. "What about Duke or Thor? You could name him after a founding father. Franklin or Hamilton. Both have a nice ring to them."
"Hamilton sounds nice," she nodded in agreement, her chin burying into the dog's fur.
Diana threw a hand into the air, infuriated. "Just name him the Devil. That's what he is anyway."
Marty's eyes sparkled as she scanned for their reactions.
"Oh no," her mother relaxed, a look of fear covering her.
"She wasn't serious, Mar."
Pulling the dog to her face, she looked into his dark eyes. "Do you hear that? Your name is Devil."
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Chapter 1 - Strange Beginnings
Blake watched Thomas and Jen stroll back to the town of Great Bear. Thomas needed more help to walk these days. Week by week his hair got whiter, his body slower and his skin more wrinkled. These mortals lived such short lives Blake thought. He was trapped in amber, watching the world go by.
Flowers were left by Alice's grave. He would take one later. It was making a fantastic project to dry flowers in the old bibles left behind.
There was a groan behind him. Lyle unzipped her tent. Her dark short hair was a mess and her light skin was paler than usual. She sniffed the air.
"I smell food." She muttered.
"You are not eating Thomas and Jen." Blake said, making sure they were closer to civilization than Lyle. They were nice. Thomas used to come on his own but now Jen would accompany him in his twilight years.
"You've never been any fun." she groaned again and stepped out of her tent. "Won't let me wear shoes inside or feed on the elderly." She was wearing last night's clothes. A rumpled blue shirt with black trousers. There was red speckled on the collar of her shirt and Blake smelt the unmistakable tang of blood.
"You see Blake, the elderly are like a aged bottle of Merlot. Their blood tells a story." She paused, biting her lip. "They also can't run away as fast." She added.
Blake picked up a book from the shelf and tossed it at her. She caught it with ease. Dried Lavender fell out of its pages in a purple shower.
"Very cute."
Lyle had made her home in the highest point of the chapel. In their tower now lay furniture and paintings. She had bought Blake books for him to read when she went out hunting in the dark winter nights. Lyle had even attempted to gain Internet access however she quickly cursed Great Bear's lack of signal.
"No matter." Lyle said zipping her tent back up. "I will just have to find a beautiful soul tonight to feed upon." She unzipped the tent in a new outfit. Her arms were bare and she wore a slim fit t-shirt with an American flag on. She gestured at the flag. "You know, without the French this would still be a colony of England. They really owe us."
"And what were you doing over the American revolution?" Blake asked.
"Watching from far away." She replied. "I don't have a taste for battle. The blood after however." She let the implication hang. She had told Blake pieces of her past over the last year she had lived here. She was born in France, had come across during the American revolution and decided to stay to watch the country grow.
Blake shook his head at Lyle. "That's gross."
"You're gross." Lyle replied indignantly. "Before me you were a naked Gargoyle covered in moss and slime."
"There were no clothes here." Blake argued. "Besides, no one in the congregation minded that I had my dick out."
"They also thought you were a lifeless Gargoyle for the last fifty years. I bet you liked it didn't you?" Lyle smirked. "Exposing yourself to the masses you pervert."
"Urg." Blake moaned. He shook his head again, leaving Lyle to her filth. He stepped over to his perch overlooking the cemetery and began to climb down the crumbling wall. When he first woke here there was still a congregation. A few men and women who sat in front of the pastor and listened intently. In the winter he woke earlier and was able to watch people from the rafters. He enjoyed listening to their conversations, it made him feel less lonely. Then one day people stopped coming. Apparently there was another bigger chapel in town and slowly his home crumbled around him. It was hard to fix with no tools.
Fireworks had already begun. Scarlet red and neon green bursts of light lit up the cemetery. Blake had never gone further than the cemetery in fifty years. He would stand guard of the sword Stoneheart every night. It was a simple longsword with it's named engraved on the side of the blade. The metal wasn't anything he had read of. It couldn't be broken or burnt or snapped in half. In one night of fury he had attempted to break the sword that kept him here. A sense of obligation that tied his soul to the blade. He felt physically sick if it left his presence for too long.
He picked a Aster flower from the bouquet, a small purple flower he would press later. In the distance he heard people whoop and scream. He sighed.
"Do you miss the sun?" Lyle appeared at his side. She looked at where the sun once was. In the orange glow of the fireworks she almost looked human. Her paper white skin had colour to it, her dark eyes looked less barren of humanity.
"I don't know what it's like. You can't miss what you never knew."
When the sun rose his body returned to stone. Having Lyle around made it easier. She didn't know the world by daylight either.
"I miss the warmth. I've been cold for so long." She murmered.
Blake put a arm around Lyle. Her eyes didn't move from the horizon. He wondered where she was when she first turned. Whether she had a choice in what she gave up. Lyle leant into Blake's shoulder and moved away.
"Anyway," she diverted away. "Tonight's the night."
"Excuse me?"
"You're coming out."
"No I am not. I have to guard-"
"Guard Stoneheart. Yes I know. It's all you talk about. But I see you watching the town with those big longing eyes. You might not admit it to me but you want out."
Blake shook his head and began to walk back into the church. He felt Lyle grab his arm. Her grip was strong. She might have broken his arm if he were not made of stone.
"Look at me Lyle." Blake said firmly. "The moment someone see's me they'll scream in terror and I'll be hunted down like Frankensteins monster. I'm not like you, I don't look human."
"You look human enough." She opened her rucksack and bought out a beanie, sunglasses and makeup. Lots of makeup. "We'll put you in a trousers and a long sleeved top. I can make your skin look more human. One night Blake."
"What about-"
Lyle flitted out of existence for a second then returned holding a guitar case. "The blade fits perfectly. I already took measurements. I even accounted for your back lumps."
Blake touched his back. He once had stone wings that stretched double his wingspan. He woke up in the night to find them shattered on the ground. He learnt that night that if a part of him was destroyed in the sun it was gone forever. In this form he was nigh indestructible as far as he could tell. Lyle once brought a crowbar home and attempted to hit him over the head with it. Instead it bent in half. Once the sun came up and he was turnt to stone he was vulnerable. He could be broken
"Okay. We'll go."
Lyle blinked slowly at him. "What?" She said. "Really?"
"Yes, really." He said, firmer this time, feeling confident in his decision. "I've been here alone for so long. This can't be it. I've been here alone for fifty years. No one is coming."
Lyle nodded. "Bring the sword anyway, perhaps there will be a breadloaf in need of slicing."
Xxx
Blake stood at the edge of the Cemetery. Lyle had spent a hour making him look as human as possible. He wore a white long sleeved top and jeans with loafers. She had put a salmon pink beanie in him to hide the horns, sunglasses and had covered his face in makeup. He still looked grey but now it was the sickly grey of a unfortunate Victorian boy. Human enough.
He took a step out.
Blake turned back. "I can't do it." He told Lyle. "I forgot, I have to sharpen stoneheart tonight and there is this great book on birds that-"
Lyle took Blake's hand with surprising gentleness and hugged him.
"You can do this. Just one step at a time. If it's too much, we'll leave."
"What if the humans realize I'm not one of them?"
"They'll be drunk. You'd be lucky if someone could recognize themselves in the mirror." She squeezed his hand. "I'll convince them they didn't see anything. We vampires have a way with words."
Blake took a long breath. He put one foot out. Then another and another.
He felt a vibration under the ground as he stepped on the dirt path leading to Great Bear. Blake stopped again.
"Did you feel that?"
"Adventure calling? Absolutely Blake." Lyle said, pulling him along. "Let me tell you, you are going to love the carnival Great Bear puts on. I've heard it's to die for."
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𝗪𝗲𝗹𝗰𝗼𝗺𝗲 𝘁𝗼... 𝑨𝒍𝒅𝒆𝒓𝒘𝒐𝒐𝒅 🍁
Alderwood is your typical small town where everybody knows everybody. You might say it is impossible to keep a secret in this picturesque town, but the supernatural creatures in Alderwood are proof that some secrets are just too big to be spilled.
Vampires, witches and werewolves have settled down in the pine tree surrounded town many moons ago. They've been successfully lurking in the shadows or simply hiding in plain sight without any suspicions from the mortals... until now.
With tensions rising among species it's getting harder to hide their true identities. And are the humans really as clueless as everyone thinks they are? Or have they known that they walk among monsters all along?
One way or another, the truth will prevail.
Don't be shy, come join us here!
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