This is a Carmilla AU set in the 1950's, sorry if some things aren't accurate, I'm not quite a historian:) Please enjoy!

Chapter 1

Laura arrived at the huge mansion her car had pulled up at and scrambled in her bag, pulling out the advertisement she had received that told her there was a job vacancy as a house keeper at the Karnstein residence, she had not quite expected such a grand place, although their was certain rumours of those who lived there but Laura had put them down to rumours. She had only managed to close her mouth as she slowly edged towards the house and the pulling away of the car that drove her made her startled and she ran towards the door, knocking once, then twice. She waited only twenty seconds before the door opened and an old man appeared, he looked in his 70's and had an empty look on his face, like he was staring right through her.

"Um...hello sir, are you the owner of this house?" She stuttered, her hands were shaking and she wasn't sure why

"No, I most certainly am not, I am the butler, and who are you?" He looked from her shoes to the top of her head, the empty look staying and she suddenly felt very self-conscious

"My name is Laura...Laura Hollis, I'm here about the house keeper flyer you sent me, I'm here for a job?" She smiled and he was silent for a moment before stepping to the side and letting her enter. She took a few steps in and her mouth opened once again, at the grandness of the house, it was wonderful and the most spectacular scene Laura had ever witnessed, there was such riches that she could only ever dream of and even then she could not have imagined such beauty in one room, even with all the curtains closed.

"I will get the mistress of the house, once you close your mouth" He smiled at her and she blushed, taking her hand to push her chin up. As he walked out, she went further into the room, going up to a table with framed photographs on. There were many faces but one stood out clearly, a young girl, about Laura's age, black hair and piercing eyes, a malicious smirk on her face, Laura realised that out of all the faces on these photographs, she was most anxious to meet that one.

"Miss Hollis?" She heard a stern voice and jumped around immediately, stood in front of her was the women who was on the large painting in the centre of the room, she had blonde hair in a tight bun, and beautiful orange, almost red eyes.

"Yes ma'am" Laura was shaking, and held out her hand "Nice to meet you"

"I'm sure" She looked at Laura's hand, but did not meet it, forcing Laura to return it back to her side "You will start work at once, and have only Sunday's off, I expect you to finish work at 10 o'clock and start at 6 o'clock, are we understood?"

Laura would usually be disgusted at someone talking to her in such a forceful, horrible way, but Laura was desperate for money and this job was all she had "Yes, I won't let you down"

"I will do quick introductions to my family, and then you will most likely not see any of us at all, you stay out the way, do you understand? and your supplies are in the room furthest to the left on the second floor"

"Um...yes, ma'am" Laura nodded and the women quickly took out a whistle and blew as hard as she could, an ear piercing noise coming from it, so bad that Laura had to cover her ears. When she looked up, four people stood in front of her, all staring at her, with dark, intense eyes. Except one, who was a little girl, and grinned, a cute and innocent smile

"Hi sugar, my name is William, but you can call me Will" He smirked and looked Laura up and down, licking his lips

"Hello, my name is Alice, I'm seven" She pulled a flower from behind her back and walked up to Laura, handing it to her

"Thank you very much Alice" Laura grinned, placing the flower carefully in her hair

"Hello, my name is Rosemary, I'm Alice's twin" She too, pulled out a flower and slowly walked up to Laura, but this time, when Laura took it in her hands, it manifested into a dirty, mud ridden worm and Laura squealed, dropping it on the floor, causing Rosemary and Will to burst into laughter, but quickly went quiet when their mother gave them a glare.

"My name is not important, you can call me madam" Said the women from earlier, and Laura nodded, taking it all in, still in shock from the worm

"This is an awfully big house for four people" Laura let slip out of her mouth and she quickly regretted it

"My daughter, Carmilla is not available right now, you will probably meet her at a later time, as for the rest of my family, they live away" She snapped, before turning away "Now get on with your job" As quickly as they had appeared they were gone, leaving Laura in an empty room again.

Laura picked up the bags she had been carrying and slowly made her way up the flights of stairs, racking her brain to try and remember where she had told her to go to find her cleaning supplies "Seconds floor...farthest room on the left...or was it the right...no, most definitely left...right?" She repeated until she made the hasty decision to go into the right door, barging through.

"Excuse me?! Who in god's name are you?!" The young lady who was sitting at the edge of her bed, screamed at Laura and she quickly closed the door again, falling back against it breathlessly. Carmilla. She had just met Carmilla.

Hope you liked the first chapter! Please leave a comment on what you think!:)