Hotel Transylvania 3

Chapter 1

Recap: Many years ago, after being human free for a hundred and fifteen years a young traveler named Jonathan stumbled into the secret hotel for monsters known as Hotel Transylvania. The manager, Count Dracula himself pretty much freaked out when this happened, especially when his daughter; Mavis zinged with Johnny. At first he tried to stop it, but eventually he came to accept it and realized that humans weren't as bad as they were so long ago. Following Mavis' one hundred and eighteenth birthday and the start of Mavis' and Johnny's relationship the two got married a year later and the monster and human worlds began to mix together. Another year after Mavis became pregnant and gave birth to a baby boy named Dennis or 'Denisovich' as Drac calls him. At first it seemed that Dennis was more human then vampire, but after his fifth birthday party, the appearance of his great-grandfather Vlad, the attack of Bela and his cronies and seeing his best friend Winnie harmed, Dennis vampire powers were unlocked and the Hotel was saved. Now, ten years later, Dennis is fifteen-years old, a full fledged vampire and ready for his next adventure at Hotel Transylvania…

In a sea of fog, one can get lost fairly easily because it's so thick. 'Thicker then pea soup' some people would say and in some cases they would be right. And the uneasiness the fog brings because you don't know what else could be in it or where it's coming from was apparent. But if one can make their way through, one can see their destination.

In this case, if one could manage get through the dense fog they could reach the and Transylvanian village that surrounded it, and unlike the old days it was far from creepy.

Lights were flashing bright colors constantly, there was loud music coming from the giant speakers nearby and the people of the town were all cheering and yelling at the top of their lungs while still wearing their monster costumes. It was the village that commonly held a monster festival to celebrate the many famous monsters known to mankind, who had now made themselves known to the world and lived amongst the humans in peace.

Several monsters and humans walked up and down the streets of the town, enjoying the festivities and instead of running in fear of the monsters like they used to, humans gladly walked alongside them.

A few human kids, along with a kid version of The Fly and a kid Gremlin also happily chased a dog through the streets, much to the adults amusement.

Then before long, one human enjoying a Slurpee noticed something in the sky that made his eyes widen, he pointed up at it and shouted. "Hey everybody! Look!"

Everyone turned, looked up and saw a single bat flying above and heading their way. And this wasn't just any ordinary bat, this bat had red eyes and was flying faster then regular bats. All the humans and monsters that were their quickly knew who it was.

"It's Dracula!" Someone cried. Everyone then started cheering.

The red eyed bright smiled brightly at the big crowd before swooping down towards them. Then, after some purplish-blue smoke swirled around it, the bat quickly took the form of the owner of Hotel Transylvania himself; Count Dracula. The cheers increased in volume.

"Yo, Dracula!"

"We love you Dracula!"

"Can you sign my cape please?"

"Thank you, thank you, your all too kind, just not too close, personal space you know." The Count told them all gently, before one fan got really close to him and smiled with eager eyes. Drac gain an annoyed look on his face. "Ahem? What did I just say? Come on man, back it up a bit! "

The eager human then realized his mistake. "Oh…" he said as he backed up. "Sorry…"

"Little more." Drac instructed. The fan stepped further away from him. "Little more…"

The fan continued to walk backwards until he got into a house and closed the door behind him.

"Ok, how's this?" he asked from the other side.

"Yeah, that's good." Drac said, pleased.

"Hey, Dad!"

The Count turned and smiled when he saw his daughter and son-in-law, Mavis and Johnny, coming through the crowd towards him while holding hands.

Mavis was now a hundred and thirty-five and still looked as young as ever but also looked more like a mom while Johnny, due to being in his late thirties, looked slightly older and even had a goatee on his chin.

"Hey, guys!" Dracula said, pleased. "So glad you could make it."

"Well, of course! A love this monster/human festivals! It so great to see how far monsters and humans have come." Mavis expressed.

"Yeah, ever since they killed your Mom and stuff…" Johnny noted in a relaxed manner, not fully realizing what he just said before Drac loomed over him angrily and looked him in the eye, which were currently glowing bright red. "Too soon?"

"What do you think, smart guy?" Drac questioned, flatly before he straightened up and regained his composure.

Johnny chuckled nervously. "Sorry about that… open mouth, insert foot…"

"Probably shouldn't, when you stand in one place too long the grass wilts." Drac told him.

"It does not!" Johnny protested like a child, before Drac pointed at some plants his feet were near that quickly wilted. Johnny chuckled nervously. "Uh… sorry?"

The count rubbed in-between his eyes before composing himself, putting on a smile and noticing something.

"So, where's Denisovich? Isn't he with you?" Drac asked them, confused.

"Uh…" Johnny began before he and Mavis looked around and noticed the absence of their son. "He was… guess he took off somewhere. I'm sure he's close though."

Mavis sighed as she put a hand to her head. "I don't know what to do with that boy… ever since he turned thirteen he's been so moody… plus he's hyper, being disobedient, eating so much… heck he eats stuff that I can't even put a name on…" she expressed.

"Yes, it's called the teen years." Dracula explained. He put a hand on her shoulder. "Don't worry Mavy, he'll settle down eventually, I should know, I went through the same thing with you."

"I know… it's just… I kind of miss the days when he was little and always stayed so close to me, but now that he's older… he just wants to…" Mavis began.

"Get out? Get some distance? 'See the world'?" Drac guessed with a knowing smile.

Mavis shrugged with a smile, she knew that was exactly what she wanted all those years ago and now she knew how her Dad felt back then. "Yeah…" she admitted.

"Aw, come on, Mavy, it'll be fine, I mean they all have to grow up some time, right?" Johnny pointed out.

"Exactly. Although some take longer then others." Dracula stated while giving Johnny, who still wore the same sneakers he wore when he first met him, a certain look.

"Hey! I'm a grown up! I do grown up things!" Johnny defended before he saw something that made his eyes light up. "Ooh! Check it out! Free chili cook off! I am so there!"

Jonathan quickly zipped off, almost as fast as his wife and father-in-law.

Dracula emitted a low, annoyed growl and turned to his daughter flat faced. "Sometimes I just do not get what you see in him," he told her.

"He's a my zing, remember?" Mavis said.

"Still." Drac insisted. Mavis only chuckled a bit. They she and her Dad heard cheers and people gathered around a particular spot.

"Oh! That must be where Dennis is!" she realized as they began to walk over.

"Really? How can you tell?" Drac asked his daughter, surprised and confused.

"Well, before we got here he said something about 'putting on a show'." Mavis explained. "I think it's a new idea of what he wants to do with his life."

"Oy, another one? Every week he gets a new obsession! First magic acts, then daredevil students and don't get me started to the flower arranging. Seriously, what was going his head that day." Drac voiced, tiredly.

"He actually got pretty good at that." Mavis pointed out. "The hotel garden looks so pretty now!"

"I'm just saying, that kid has more obsession then Wayne has kids and that's saying something."

"Dad…"

"Sorry. So what's he doing now?"

"Well, Dennis has decided to go into the… entertainment business." Mavis replied, as they made their way to the crowd to the front, in order to get a better look. Mavis soon pointed ahead. "See?"

Drac looked to where she was pointing and saw his now fifteen-year old vampson holding a coin in his hand and showing it to the crowd.

Dennis had indeed grown up a lot in 10 years, he was now in-between his parents in height and his large, red, curly 'afro' had shrunk a bit. He also wore a flashy silver jacket over a gray shirt and dark pants. He still wore sneakers similar to his father's though and even wore the cursed, cold necklace Murray got him for his first birthday.

He flipped the coin up, then when it went down he pressed it in-between his palms to catch it. A puff of smoke went off and when it cleared he had a black top hat in his hand. He chuckled as he put the hat on top of his head. Everyone looks at him stunned.

"Alright ladies and germs, it's… showtime!" Dennis declared as he snapped his fingers and after a purplish-blue mist swirled around both his hands, two rubber balls appeared. He soon began to juggle them and as he did so more rubber balls seemed to appear in his hands making the number of things he was juggling double.

The crowd was really amazed however when he used his telekinesis to make half the balls swirl in front of him in a circle while he juggled the rest.

"Wow!"

"Awesome!"

"So cool!"

"If you think this is cool, just watch! I can even do this while drinking a glass of water! Anyone have any?" Dennis asked around.

"I have some Mountain Dew." One member of the crowd piped up, holding his drink.

"That'll do!" Dennis smiled as he levitated it over and began to drink out of it while juggling and using his powers to levitate the glass as well as the swirling balls. The crowd cheered and clapped with smiles on their faces. Even Drac was impressed.

"Nice, good concentration," he nodded.

"Yeah, he's a big hit." Mavis smiled with a shrug while her son finished his drink.

"Ah! Refreshing." Dennis sighed, pleased before levitating the glass away. "And now, ladies and germs, for your amazement I will be attempting an incredible acrobatic act, and as a bonus; no powers."

He then gestured upward toward what appeared to be trapeze set up between two buildings.

"Ooh!" The crowd responded, amazed like he said they would be. Drac, Mavis and Johnny all looked up at the trapeze with stunned looks.

"Uh… where'd he get the trapeze?" Johnny questioned, confused.

"Really? That's what your asking at the moment? Not… 'why is doing something so stupid and not using any of his powers doing it'?" Dracula asked him, a bit annoyed.

"Dad, he's trying to be an entertainer, the crowd wouldn't find it fun if he used his powers during the whole thing." Mavis reasoned. "It's kinda like cheating…"

"Cheating? Ha! When it comes to those no good, rigged carny games having powers makes it fair!" Drac voiced. He then noticed some kids trying to knock over a moving monster prop at a nearby game booth with a dart gun but it wouldn't go down no matter how many times they tried. When they lost they all cried loudly. Drac gestured to them, he'd made his point. "See?"

"Dennis knows what he's doing, let's just… give him a chance." Mavis suggested.

Dennis then noticed his family in the crowd and waved to them excitedly. "Hi, Mom! Hey, Grandpa!" he said. They both waved back, as well as Johnny, who had just gotten back from the Chili stand and still had a bowl of it in one arm and a spoon in his mouth. "Watch this!"

Dennis then used his vampire powers again to shift into a bat and fly up to the edge of one of the buildings that he would leap and land on via the trapeze.

"Ok, maybe just a little power…" Dennis said as she shifted back to human and moved the trapeze towards him with a hand gesture before grabbing onto it and jumping off the building and swinging. "Wha-hoo!"

The crowd full of the monsters and humans gasped in amazement at his impressive acrobatic skills as he performed multiple complex maneuvers that probably took him forever to master. His family was also amazed by how good he was.

"When did he…" Drac began to say.

"Uh… I think he saw it on a video once… not sure if how long he practiced…" Johnny muttered a bit unsure, then he remembered something. "But hey, Mavis performed some sick biking moves when we were in Santa Cruz ten years ago and on her first try!"

Mavis blushed, embarrassed. "Oh stop… it was ok…"

"Ok? It was awesome! And look at our son! He's awesome too!" Johnny expressed, proudly as he continued to watch his son perform his act.

As he swung, Dennis began to summersault in the air, swing in various positions and make funny faces as well, making the crowd laugh.

Dracula chuckled also. "You crazy boyo!" he called out.

"Hey, thanks Grandpa! Now watch this!" Dennis cried out as he shifted into a bat and began to swing while in his bat form.

"Ha-ha! That's my boy!" Drac smiled.

Dennis whooped and cheered as he swung around and around until he flung himself straight forward and towards a wall. He soon stopped cheering and realized what he was about to hit the wall.

"Not good…" Dennis remarked before he shifted back into his human form and smacked right into the building, leaving an impression in the shape of his body as he fell off and crashed into some boxes below. The crowd gasped and winced at this sympathetically before Dennis poked his fist out and gave them a thumbs up, they cheered.

"Dennis!?" Mavis cried as she rushed over to him and helped him up. She quickly began to check him for injuries. "Are you ok? Any injuries? Broken bones?"

"Mom, I'm fine! Relax!" Dennis tried to assure her, as he got up. Drac and Johnny also approach. "So what did you guys think?"

"What did we think? It was awesome little dude!" Johnny said excited, which made Dennis smile. "Right up until the crash landing is…"

"Rats… I was just about to do my most daring act yet…" Dennis complained.

"And it involved landing on your face and causing everyone to laugh?" Drac quipped.

"Well… there's nothing wrong with giving the fans a good laugh." Dennis shrugged.

"I'm pretty sure they were laughing at you, not with you." Dracula told him. As he said this, a couple of people walk by and start pointing and laughing at Dennis, who didn't seem to mind.

"Ah, it's cool, as long as they're happy." The half-human, half-vampire shrugged, pleased.

"Well, it's good to see you Denisovich… I mean… Dennis." Dracula corrected himself.

"Oh, Denisovich is good, might even be my stage name!" The red headed teen admitted.

"Stage name?" Drac repeated. "Your really getting into this 'entertaining business' aren't you?"

"Yeah, I think have actually found my groove!" Dennis beamed.

"Didn't you say that before you shot yourself out of a cannon and ended up in England?" Dracula pointed out.

"Oh yeah… that was fun…" Dennis smiled, nostalgically. "And the tea was good too."

"And what about almost cutting that poor girl in half? Come on, you know how much trouble we could have gotten into?" Dracula told him. "I'm talking lawyers, grieving parents, stuff that could shut down the hotel and throw us out on the street. We could wind up like that guy!"

Drac pointed at a nearby hobo sleeping in an alley, whose flatulence blew up the newspaper that was currently covering him.

"I said I was sorry. I didn't know at the end of it there were suppose to be dummy legs or that little dwarf in the box… or I could have been distracted…" Dennis mused.

"Yeah, I'll go with distracted." Drac said, deadpan.

"What? That girl was really cute and…" Dennis began

Just then Dennis was quickly knocked away and tackled to the ground by someone very fast and furry. They looked and saw that it was one of Wayne the Werewolf's kids; Winnie now all grown up and more mature.

Like Dennis, Winnie had also gone through a growth spurt in the last ten years, now near Mavis' height, and she now had her hair styled in a bob cut instead of pigtails. She also had a sleeveless leather vest over a pink shirt with a white skull, similar to the one she always wore when she was a pup and a long purple skirt with flats.

Dennis laughed. "Winnie, stop! Cut it out!"

Winnie quickly realized what she was doing and become flushed with embarrassment as she got up and dusted herself off. "Oops! Sorry about that… force of habit…" she said, sheepishly.

Dennis got up and dusted himself off also. "Ah, it's cool, I'm pretty much used to it by now," he said, in a relaxed manner, similar to his father. "So what's up? Still planning on going to business school?"

"Sure am, how's the entertaining business going?" The werewolf girl asked him.

"Pretty swell, might even join a circus if I'm lucky." Dennis beamed.

"Wow! Cool!" Winnie smiled in a flirtatious manner while fluttering her eyes at him. She soon realized what she was doing and glanced away, shyly. Dennis did the same. Drac and Mavis smiled, knowingly watching this while Jonathan was baffled.

"Uh… what's with them?" Johnny asked Mavis and Dracula, confused. The two groaned a bit.

"Really?" Drac questioned, deadpan.

"What?" The human responded, still not getting it.

"Stop!" Someone yelled.

They all turned and noticed a man in his mid-forties pushing his way through the crowd looking very angry. He had long blond hair with dark blond friendly mutton chops and green eyes with an emerald green outfit and he looked quite upset.

"Uh-oh…" Winnie gulped, backing away.

"Cease these festivities! If I've told you all once I've told you a thousand times; monsters are abominations! Pure evil! They say they want to be our 'friends', but really… they just want to kill us all! Open your eyes everyone! They're playing you! But don't worry, I won't rest until all these monsters here and around the world are wiped out!" The angry man proclaimed.

After listening to the man's rant, all the monsters and humans just stared and blinked at him while he continued to pant feverishly. Most of them looked pretty unfazed by his words and some even mindlessly took his picture. The Dracula family were also baffled by the man's rant.

"Ok… who's this weirdo?" Drac asked them, confused.

"Oh, that's Winston Hamilton." Jonathan replied. "Really doesn't like monsters…"

"So why doesn't he just move?" Drac inquired.

"I think he wants to try and convince folks that monsters are still evil." Dennis shrugged. "Crazy, I know, but I'm sure he'd change his mind if saw how not scary you guys are."

"What? I am scary!" Dracula stated.

"Before or after you get out of bed?" Dennis asked jokingly, inciting a giggle from Jonathan before Mavis nudged him.

"Ha-ha, very funny." Drac said, sarcastically.

"Hey! I was not done talking yet!" Winston called out, annoyed.

"Oh, sorry, proceed." Dennis offered.

"Thank you. Now… why did they open the doors to their hotel after a hundred and thirteen years? I know why; because right now we are at our weakest! We're fat, bare and smelly." Winston hissed with disgust.

"Hey!" Johnny, along with a fat guy and a woman with very few clothing protested.

"Listen, Mr. Hamilton, please, you gotta let this go…" Mavis urged him.

"No! You monsters have to go! And if you don't, things will get…" Hamilton began.

"Real stupid? Because… that's what it is right now." Dennis joked, causing everyone to laugh. Mr. Hamilton growled, angrily.

"Just you wait monsters! You'll all get what is coming to you! You'll see! You'll all see!" Mr. Hamilton shouted before he stormed off. Everyone watched him go for a few seconds then resumed their business as if nothing happened.

"So anyway… you want me to prove that I am still scary? Fine. I'll prove that I am still scary!" Dracula stated before he shifted into a bat and flew off to find someone to scare. Johnny and Mavis watched him while Dennis continued to smile confidently.

The count saw a young man walking down the street, smiled and ducked down before suddenly popping up in front of the young man and roaring with his monster face. But the young man wasn't phased.

"Sup man?" he asked.

"Uh… sup?" Drac echoed, baffled while the young man walked around him. Drac's face fell flat, Dennis had clearly made his point.

"See?" Dennis pointed out. "Your not scary anymore, folks are totally used to monsters now, see?"

Dennis gestured to all the monsters and humans walking side by side together, even the super creepy ones.

"Oh, Fantastico…" The count grumbled, clearly grumpy.

The hybrid monster teen just laughed. "Relax Grandpa, it's not a bad thing and your still the best monster out of all of them," he assured him, before turning to the other monsters that were staring. "No offence guys."

The count smiled. "Thank you my little devil." Dracula said, gratefully. He then zipped over and wrapped his arm around his grandson, pulling him close. "So Denisovich, I was hoping you and I could have a little conversation about another possible career path for you, something… managerial."

Dennis sighed a tired sigh hearing this. He clearly has had this conversation before and was reluctant to have it again.

"Dad! Did you ever think that he might not want to manage the hotel when he's older?" Mavis questioned as she stepped forward.

"Mom, please I…" Dennis began.

"He can be whatever he wants to be! Like… a nuclear pharmacist, or a dentist or even a social twerker!" Mavis told him.

"Uh, I don't know about that last one Mavy but uh…" Johnny tried to tell his wife.

"I thought he was perfect no matter what he was, your words." Mavis reminded him.

"And he is! I just want the hotel to be in good hands in case something were to happen to me, which it won't by the way." Dracula defended. "I mean, Johnny here already has a job and your job is taking care of him."

"Hey!" Johnny protested.

"So that just leaves Denisovich." Drac shrugged. "Come on, it would be a good fit!"

"I don't know Dad… I still think he should decide what he wants to do with his life and even if he has to go through more options he owes it to myself to find the one that fits." Mavis said, sincerely. "And I think entertaining people would be really good for Dennis."

"Hey, where is Dennis?" Johnny pointed out. Drac and Mavis turned and finally noticed that Dennis had disappeared once again.

Drac's head fell. "Oh, good grief, I can't take my eyes off him for a second," he muttered. "Dennis! Denisovich!"

"Dad, just leave him alone for a little while, like you said; he needs his space." Mavis told her Dad, putting a comforting hand on her father, which made him smile.

"Meanwhile… I need to use a restroom…" Johnny groaned, holding his sides before zooming off and making farting noises as he ran. Drac face palmed, annoyed while Mavis held back an amused giggle.

Voices

Zac Efron as Dennis Loughran-Dracula

Steve Coogan as Winston Hamilton

America Ferrera as Winnie