Steve Leonard (his nickname Steve leopard) was Darren's best
mate @ the cirque du freak show Steve sees mr crepsley and
recognises him from a book he had read, after the show Steve went
to mr crepsly and asked to be a vampire, mr crepsley turns him
down, later in the series Steve gets bitten by mr crepsley's spider
that Darren stole and Darren becomes a vampire to save Steve's
life, Steve doesn't see it that way and they become enemies.