Susan has asked me to post this little piece to the list. It's her Halloween gift to all of you. Please send all compliments and sweets to SField8067@aol.com. Mel, you can archive this on the fiction page. Thanks Deb for help on beta reading this piece. Disclaimers: Forever Knight belongs to Parriott and Sony/Tristar and definitely not me. Nothing but tongue in cheek stuff here. One Hairy Knight By Susan Field, with bits of help from April "Hurry!" came the sound of a woman's voice from atop the fast moving caravan. "Quickly! Inside!!!" The vampire trio swiftly jumped in as the sun began to rise. Later, as the sun set, Nicholas, Lacroix and Janette were led into a tent. It was evident from all appearances to be owned by gypsies. (Enter Cohen and Schanke) Lacroix stood up.. "We are most grateful for you timely appearance this morning!" Nicholas seemed confused by there appearance. "You don't look like gypsies" he said. The stout balding man replied, "Man' o man o man! How often do we get that in a week Amanda?" "Look pal" he said, "we didn't write this story! If we don't 'look' the parts too bad!!" "Yeah, ugh, right!" Nicholas looked at Janette and Lacroix who just smiled at the ridiculousness. The oriental woman spoke up. "I'm Amanda, this is my husband and king of the gypsies, Donald" "Donald? This is a gypsy name?" Suddenly as nick thought about that, another person entered the tent. She was tall, blonde and very perky! "This is our daughter, Tracy!" Tracy looked at Nicholas like he was gonna be her lunch after a week long fast! "Well, hello! This is a great gift Mom, Dad, and it isn't even my birthday!!!" "Down girl!" said Dad Donald. "We know of your 'problem' Amanda said to them all. "Problem Madam? Other than the fact that we can't eat food, go in the daylight, can't enter a church or go near sharp objects or garlic bread, I'm not sure we have any problems!" "Well, trust me, you do! Or rather your 'son' will unless he agrees to marry my daughter, the very perky but pretty good gypsy dancer Tracy!" "Marry HER!!! Noooo way!" said Nick as he backed up and away from the group. The moon was at its highest peak, and it was all hallows eve. "Well, okay then," Amanda said, smacking her hands together, "Lets get this show on the road!" "You mean we are traveling" "Not exactly! However you are about to have trip, into a 'nightmare!' hahahah!!! "Now hush! I have to get out my book of 101 ways to mess up a hunky blonde's life!" "You won't find that in your tent! Lacroix checked that book out a long time ago and never returned it!" Lacroix gave Nicholas a scathing look. "Hmmm.." Amanda said as she sat down in front of her crystal ball. "Here it is... even a man who's pure at heart and says his prayers by 'knight'." Nicholas looked a bit smug here! "Well, guess that particular curse won't be working! haha!!!" "Okay, we do it the hard way. Donald, be a dear and fetch the dog." Donut Don returned a short time later with Raleigh. "Go for it dude!" Amanda shrieked. Raleigh lunged for Nicholas, and bit a huge chunk out of his really great leg!!! "Ouch!!!" he cried. "Thank you dear, you can return him to the other tent now." Nicholas was really peeved now, and so was Lacroix who decided to taste a bit of the family which he did, and they left! Later that night, Nicholas started feeling a bit itchy. He checked out the spot where the dog bit him and found lots of curly blonde hairs around the wound that had not been there before! True, they were a really nice shade of blonde, and the texture and feel was pretty good, "Stop it!" he said to himself! "This is serious!" "Nair hasn't been invented yet!" Nicholas ran over to Lacroix who was reading a copy of "The Carpathian Times" "Lacroix, sorry to bother you, but I seem to be having a hair problem!" Lacroix just looked at him. "Please! You have enough hair for ten people Nicholas! Now I'm the one with a serious problem!" Nicholas had to concede the point. "Yes, but, well there's even more of my full bodied hair in other places that it wasn't before! Lacroix was definitely getting interested. "Oh? really?" After an extensive body search, :) Lacroix and Janette decided that Nicholas was indeed becoming a (vampire /werewolf!) "Is such a thing possible Lacroix?" Janette asked. "Don't ask me, I didn't write this story!" "Well, what do we do, cause I'm sorta feeling like I would like a rawhide chew and a walk around the park here." "Oh, All right!" said Lacroix, "as it happens, I was just reading an ad in the paper it says, "Natalie Lambert's clinic for creatures of all kinds. 'We handle every kind of mutated beast there is, and this weeks special, with every cure, a packet of free fang cleaner!' " "Hey! Good deal! Free fang cleaner! Let's go!" So the trio flew off to her clinic, which just happened to be Baron von Frankenstein's old place, seemed there was a "fire" away back, and neighbor trouble, so he left, and Natalie got the place cheap! End part 1 SFIeld8067@aol.com Disclaimers in first part. On with the story. A Hairy Knight By Susan Field, with a little help from April Part 2 After a long flight up the Carpathien Mountains, and up to the castle, they arrived. Wondering the same thing. Where in the world did this woman shop? The trio walked up to the door and Lacroix used the really large doorknocker. After a long wait, the door creaked open to reveal a bald, kinda ratty looking servant with a cockney accent. "Screed's the name, servin's my game, whatta it be mates?" "Aren't you supposed to have a humpback?" Nicholas asked. "Doc fixed it in exchange for my exterminating services, don't cha know." "AHHH!!!" the three shook their heads in understanding. They were led into this really neat room with a humongeous winding staircase. From the top of the stairs they watched as a woman descended. "HI! I'm Dr. Natalie Lambert, Creature fixture!" Nicholas looked at her, and she was DEFINITELY looking at him, but that's all that would happen in this story!!!!" Anyway. "What seems to be the problem?" She asked. Lacroix was the first to speak up. "My son has had a Gypsy curse put on him." "Oh, yes" she said. "99 percent of all my business comes from them," she replied. "You best find a new source of income then doctor, as my family and I had them for an early dinner." "Hmmm, " Natalie said. "I have been thinking about a career change lately. What do you guys think of county coroner for Toronto?" "So, what curse did they place on you?" She asked Nicholas, when no one answered her last question. "They made me a werewolf! And being a vampire already, it sort of puts me in a complicated position." "Yes," replied Natalie taking notes. "I can see how that might lead to a conflict of interests." Nicholas continued. "You see, I like wearing a lot of silk shirts, they feel good, they look good and they are really sexy. But as a Werewolf, I have to go out and buy all kinds of itchy plaid flannel shirts." "Hmmm..." Natalie continued writing. "Anyway, it interferes with my Vampire attractiveness, also it is really hard to find a good Army and Navy store high in the Carpathian Mountains, although I think we did pass a nice Walmart on the way up here, didn't we?" he asked his family. Janette and Lacroix shook their head in acknowledgment. "So anyway," he continued. "That's why I need to be cured of this curse. Can you do it?" "Yes," She answered. "But it will cost you." "What's your price?" Nicholas asked. Natalie looked him over, but seeing the advanced script for this story, she knew "that" was out of the question. "You can bring me across." She said after a long hard sigh. "Nope, sorry, cant do that!!!!" said Nicholas. "WHAT? You won't bring me across the mountain to grab a burger in the village?" Nicholas then smiled, thinking she meant that "other" thing. "Oh, yeah sure, I can do that!" He said. "Fine! Then let's get started, shall we?" She pointed to Lacroix and Janette. "You two, go to the waiting room." "But he is MY son. MY creation!" Lacroix shouted. "Save that line bud. I get the feeling it might be a hit in a future episode!" "Well,...all right!" He said as he took Janette's arm and they went to sit in the waiting room. The Operating room was big...really big...had stuff in there that was kind of meaningless, but it looked really good and filled up a huge space. There were lots of jars filled with bits of arms, heads, brains, and Nicholas was sure he saw a preserved renewal notice from TPTB from the third season. "Hmmmm!!!!!" Nicholas laid atop the operating table, kind of nervous. Natalie turned on the electricity and placed the electrodes to his neck. It was at this point that Nicholas sat up. "Ah, excuse me, but isn't this for another patient?". He just had to ask! "Ever hear of 'one cure fits all' "? Natalie asked. "No" Nicholas replied. "Well, you have now! It's included in the green sheets of your script, read it later, right now, lay back down!" Nicholas did as he was instructed. Natalie waited for the storm that wasn't coming because it was a clear evening. A full moon was starting to make itself known. Nicholas was starting to itch. "Excuse me," Natalie said removing the electrodes from Nicholas. "Have to go to plan B." "Which is?" Nicholas asked. Natalie lifted out a huge can of shaving cream from under the operating table along with a straight razor. Plus a huge green tinged malted. "What's that for?" Nicholas asked, pointing to the noxious drink. Natalie smiled. "This is where I attempt to cure what is apparently a mutation in the very genetic make-up of your being with a protein shake!" "Will it work?" Nicholas asked, not really eager to taste it. "Most likely not, but since its part of this story, we gotta try, okay?" "Well...Okay." Nicholas raised it to his lips and drank. It was soooo horrible, he let out a primal scream of angst!!!!! Suddenly, the blanket of really nice blonde curly hair that was covering him like a blanket was gone!! All that remained was his really nice Nick Knight hairdo fro season one! "WOW!! I feel like a new, almost mortal man!" "Oh Nick I'm so glad!" Natalie cried as she went over to hug him. (He gave her the usual peck on the cheek.) And so after flying Natalie to the Carpathian burger stand (cooked by angry villagers using spare torches for that great outdoorsy taste) the trio flew away to the next strange adventure a "forever knight" fan would write for them! THE END? SField8067@aol.com