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Lucas frowned slightly as he stood aside and watched on as Veronica began messing with the kid again. He was the newest member of their group, hence why she had been so hard on him before. Deep down a part of him didn't believe she was right in bullying the other students, and especially not with how nice this kid seemed. He had heard all of the apologies he had given her, and the way he offered to help her up when he had accidentally caused her to fall over. Not to mention when he offered her some medical aid in case she had been hurt by the force he had used. And yet when she had caused him to bleed, she didn't even bat an eye. He was beginning to regret even joining the group. He didn't even share the same view they had about their race being superior. Lucas wished he could do something to stop her from bullying Brixos, but without risking his own safety, there really wasn't anything he could do about it. Even he stood no chance against her, especially not with the other vampires around. For some unknown reason they all seemed to be fiercely loyal and devoted to her.

Veronica frowned when she saw him look down. She preferred it when people made eye contact with her when they were talking, looking away like he did was just rude. Her mood quickly changed when she heard his response to her calling him Mutt, it actually made her chuckle. He really seemed insistent on getting her to say his name, which only said to her that he found her nickname for him annoying. "Mutt." She replied, while getting up and following him over to where his book was. His next comment made her chuckle yet again, but even louder the second time. "No? Really? You're so honest...How refreshing." She replied with a grin as she appeared in front of him and placed her foot firmly on top of his homework book, using her heel to push it into the dirt more. "Uh-uh, tell me what you were going to say first." Veronica demanded in a stern tone. She really hated it when people didn't finish what they were going to say, even if it was because they were afraid of upsetting her. She didn't care. She wasn't lying before when she said she found his honesty refreshing. It was a nice change from all the kissing up that people did to her. Sure, she liked being complimented just as much as the next girl, but not all the time, and especially not when people didn't really mean it.

Veronica gasped in an overly dramatic manner, while placing a hand to her chest, over where her heart would be, almost as if she were hurt by what he had called her. "Your words cut me deep Mutt..." She whimpered jokingly, before erupting into laughter with the rest of the vampires. Lucas laughed as well, but not as enthusiastically as the others. As if something like that would really get to her. If anything, it was probably the nicest thing anyone other than her friends had ever called her and meant it. "Well, let's see. I keep bothering you because...I can. Because it amuses me, and because I want to." She replied with a shrug, she had never really thought about why she liked to tease people, she just did. Although there was probably more to it then that deep down, but she would never admit that to anyone. Ronnie glanced down to the book as he asked if she would remove her foot from it, and much to the other vampires' surprise, she did as he asked. She had said she would if he finished his sentence, and bully or not she was a girl of her word. In fact, she even went so far as to pick it up and dust it off. Not so she could hand it back to him however, but so she could have a look through it herself.

What she saw in it was rather surprising. This kid was really smart, probably one of the smartest students in the school, which explained why he had been given homework on his first day. "Wow, you really are a nerd." She mumbled as she finished flicking through the last pages, before dropping it to the ground again. Sure, she was going to let him have it back, but she wasn't going to just hand it to him. "So, where are you from anyway, Mutt?" The vampire asked as she slowly circled around him, running her eyes up and down his form. She had to admit, he was pretty cute...for a wolf anyway. She had completely ignored his request for her name, and seeing as she didn't answer him, neither did the other vampires, all except for one. "Names Lucas." Hearing this Ronnie paused, and looked to the male with a fierce glare. Just what the hell was the idiot doing? Then he took it even further, and offered the kid his hand to shake in greeting. Before Brixos would have a chance to accept his offer, the redhead quickly stepped in between them, grabbing onto Lucas' wrist, and giving it a firm squeeze, with enough strength to make him wince slightly from the pain. "What are you doing? We aren't here to make friends." She warned him sternly. She didn't have much of a problem with him stating his name, because she had already made that public back in the hall earlier that morning, and really it was only her own name that she scared whether he knew or not. It was the offer of the handshake that she had a problem with.

Veronica turned her head to look back at Brixos when she heard his growl. It was interesting to see that he would get mad over her hurting one of the vampires that had been apart of bullying him in the first place. Seeing this, for some reason, only made her want to hurt Lucas even more. She enjoyed seeing the Mutt get angry, and she wondered how far she could push him. "Well that's what I thought too, I thought he was my friend. But it seems he would rather be your friend instead." She replied while turning her gaze back to Lucas. "Is that true Lucas? Would you rather be this stinkin' Mutt's friend?!" She snapped, her voice getting progressively louder and more harsh as she spoke. Her hand squeezing even tighter around his wrist, causing the male vampire to wince even more, but he didn't try to pull away. He knew that would only cause him more pain. "I'm done being bossed around by you, I don't want to be a bully like you anymore, Ronnie. Why can't you just leave him alone!?" He cried out, the pain was becoming too much for him to handle. Hearing him speak her name, or nickname, did cause her to let go of his wrist, but only to end up kicking him square in the gut with the heel of her shoe, knocking him back into the waiting arms of two other vampires.

The redhead rolled her sleeves up and cracked her knuckles a couple of times, while pacing back and forth in front of the retrained vampire. Lucas knew what was coming to him, but he was prepared the take the beating. Even if he wasn't, he was practically defenseless with the other two vampires holding his arms so he couldn't move. "You know you brought this on yourself Lucas." She stated while stepping forward to take a shot at his face. The question was, would her fist connect, or would the werewolf intervene?

Veronica felt her fist connect, but it wasn't with Lucas' face, it was the Mutt's! How interesting. So he had intervened, just like she expected, only not in the way she was expecting. She was honestly prepared to be thrown back, pushed down, or just being attacked in general. Otherwise she would have expected him to try and stop her by catching her fist, though doing that would still have hurt Lucas by having the wolf knocked back into him from the impact of the punch. Instead, Brixos had decided to take the punch himself. This pleased her greatly. True, she had been aiming for Lucas, but hitting either of them would be good enough for her. It seemed she had made him bleed again as well as the scent of blood filled the air once more. There was even some traces of blood on her knuckles. Ronnie gave a delighted hum as she licked the blood off of her clenched fingers. Even werewolf blood was satisfying to a vampire. "Ooh~ I do like the sound of your begging, Mutt." Veronica chuckled as she slowly stalked over to him. "Do it again. But on your knees, like the dog you are." She demanded, while taking one hand and cupping it under his chin to lift his face. Seeing the tears running down his face, fed her amusement even more. "If you do, then I promise, I won't lay another finger on him." She said in a sickly sweet tone, with an almost sincere smile on her face.

Meanwhile Lucas was straining to get free from the vampires that were restraining him. "Just get out of here kid. Don't worry about me, just run!" He pleaded, not wanting to see the boy get hurt either. "Aww, this is just so sweet. I swear this could almost break my heart...You two are just perfect for eachother." Veronica taunted while glancing between the two them. Using the hand that was cupping Brixos' face, she turned his head so he could see Lucas. "So what are you going to do, Mutt? Save yourself, or save this traitor?"

Veronica took note of his hesitation, and began to wonder whether or not he would go through with her demand or not. "What's the matter? Do you need some more persuasion?" She asked, while signalling for one of her friends to take a swing at Lucas. Right before they were about to however, the werewolf got down on his knees and began to beg. Honestly, she hadn't expect it to happen, at least not that easily. She knew his kind could be quite proud creatures, which only made it more satisfying to watch. "That's a good boy~" She taunted in the same patronizing manner that she had done earlier that day, as well as giving him a pat on the head. "Now, as I promised, I won't lay another finger on him." Even though she had gotten what she wanted from him, she didn't stop the vampire from hitting Lucas. The promise she had made was that she wouldn't lay a finger on him, but she had never said anything about the others. The rest of the vampires in the gang each took a turn hitting or kicking Lucas at least once, before Ronnie finally signaled for them to stop and leave him be. He was free to go, but after the beating he had received, he wasn't in any condition to move.

Veronica tensed slightly when she heard the growl and saw a pair of ears and a tail appear. It looked like he was about to turn, which wouldn't be a very good thing. She was sure the group could handle it, but they had never actually come across an enraged werewolf before, so there was no way of guaranteeing it. Thankfully it appeared that he had managed to keep himself calm, and his ears disappeared again. That was close, perhaps a little too close. Ronnie would have to be careful next time. It was still pretty amusing to see how far she had pushed him though, and what was even more amusing was the fact that his tail was still hanging out. As soon as she saw it, she couldn't help but giggle at it, causing the rest of the group to look over to see what she was laughing at. As soon as they saw it, the other vampires began chuckling too as they watched him get up up to grab his backpack so he could go tend to Lucas' wounds.

It was a little odd for him to be carrying around so many medical supplies. It was almost like he was expecting to get bullied or something. Obviously he had been bullied before. So that's probably why he was a little more gutsy than her previous victims. The way he had answered her back before had really gotten on her nerves at first, but now she found that it actually made things more interesting. Ronnie loved a good challenge, and that's what Brixos gave her. Which is why she was so intent on targeting him. That probably wasn't such a great thing for him, and the more confident he got the more she was likely to go after him, just to prove how much tougher she was. The wimpy kids who cried and ran away, were only fun for a little while, and she got bored of them easily. Unfortunately for Brixos, that didn't seem like it was ever going to happen.