Disclaimer: I own Eduardo, Rosalie, Sylvia/Legend, Pyro and the Titans

NOTES: I've rewritten the story. Well, not so much rewritten as I've gone over it, changed a few things, added stuff but the storyline and stuff that happens is pretty much the same. I just changed the age when Danny moved to Amity Park, added in some random extracts and hopefully gotten rid of the glaring mistakes.

Nothing major has changed!

Son of my Blood

Chapter One

Vlad looked at the baby in his arms. He had never held a baby before and seemed at a loss for what to do. He looked back at the house where the Fentons were sleeping peacefully, unaware that an evil ghost had just come in and grabbed their newest member of the family. His driver, a ghost friend of Vlad, was driving smoothly away.

Danny was only about three months old. He had a small tuft of hair on his head and was sleeping peacefully. Vlad looked at the baby, not sure what to do. He had never really liked children. To him they were always whiny and loud and annoying. Danny though, was just sleeping there, doing nothing. Vlad resisted the urge to poke the baby.

A few hours later the driver stopped and opened the door for Vlad. He didn't spare the baby a glance, but seemed to be slightly uncomfortable in its presence, his eyes averting Vlad's.

Vlad nodded at him and got out of the car, staring at his mansion. He was growing richer everyday and he loved it. He obviously had Jack to thank for that, but evil minds don't work that way.

"Gah," the baby said. Vlad looked down and noticed that Danny had woken up. The baby was looking at him curiously. The baby started to cry suddenly just as he entered the house. He sighed. He was starting to regret stealing the baby at such an early age. At least he had Sylvia, a friend of his. She owed him her life and he had asked her to take care of the baby. She knew all about his plan for revenge and though she didn't approve, she was Vlad's closest friend and had sworn to keep his secret.

"Sylvia!!" he called. A pretty young lady appeared in the doorway. Without a moment's hesitation she swept forward and snatched the baby from his hands.

"Is the sweetheart already acting up?? Oh what a cute baby. He's definitely going to be handsome when he grows up," she said, turning and walking off. Vlad followed her into the nursery she had helped set up. The nursery was yellow. Sylvia had absolutely refused on the traditional blue. She said it was boring.

"Aw, the poor baby must be hungry," Sylvia said. She started feeding him with a bottle that was sitting on a desk.

"Remember, if anyone asks, the child is yours. We had a one-night fling and you had a kid and we decided to raise it here-"

"As friends and not as husband and wife," Sylvia recited. Vlad glared at her.

"What?? I heard it a million times already," Sylvia said. "You know, I'm going to have to teach you how to take care of a baby." She tickled the baby. Vlad took the baby from her arms and looked at it.

"Well…it is kind of cute I guess," he admitted. The baby puked on him. Sylvia burst out laughing.

"Oh I love this baby already," she said, tears appearing at the corner of her eyes. Vlad scowled. "Get used to it Vlad, it's going to happen all the time." She deposited the baby in the crib, still giggling. Flicking her black hair back she gave him a dazzling smile. Vlad studied her.

She certainly looked like Danny, considering they both had black hair and blue eyes. Maddie and Jack didn't have blue eyes. Sylvia could certainly pass for Danny's mother at this age. He wondered what Danny would look like when he grew up. Would they still be able to pass him as Vlad's child or would he bear some resemblance to his real parents?? They would see.

"I'm going to go clean up," he muttered angrily. He could hear Sylvia cooing and Danny chuckling in a sweet, childish voice. Vlad rolled his eyes. No matter what Sylvia said about sharing the responsibility, there was no way in hell that he was going to change the baby's diapers.

"Oh, you certainly are," he heard Sylvia say sternly. He whirled around.

"How'd you know what I was thinking?" he asked, bewildered.

"You were wringing you're hands and scrunching up your nose just like you do every time I mention diapers or Jack Fenton," she said. He smirked, amused.

"Isn't it strange the connection I make between those two things?" he asked. Sylvia snorted. "Well, it's just hard to disregard the likeness. I mean, just look at-"

"Hey! You are looking at the spawn of Jack Fenton. By insulting Jack you could be insulting Danny as well. Maybe not now, but in the future they might bear a striking resemblance," she said wisely.

"Not unless Danny grows up to be a big, fat piece of-" he was cut off by an angry glare from Sylvia. "Ouch! Motherly instincts. I'd better scoot off." He waved his arms to protect himself, ignoring Sylvia's stream of angry curses. She seemed to have forgotten that she was holding Danny.

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Vlad couldn't help but look disgruntled as Danny giggled, grabbing at Sylvia's fingers. It had been two weeks and despite Sylvia and Danny seeming to have a very deep mother-son bond, Vlad seemed to be only there for Danny to puke on and, in a very recent and embarrassing memory, pee on.

"How is it you never get puked on and I do?? I feel like a basin," he muttered. Danny cooed loudly and reached for Vlad. Sylvia plopped him into Vlad's arms, looking smug.

"Because I'm too cute to be puked on," she said haughtily. Vlad laughed nervously. He was always scared of dropping the child. "Okay, now you take him back." He hurriedly tried to push Danny into her arms but she backed away.

"No way. This is much too entertaining," she laughed. Vlad glared at her so furiously but she just glared back. "Don't bother. I always win." Vlad groaned, tilting his head back. Danny giggled and poked his neck, eliciting a shriek from him. Sylvia giggled.

"Oh, very manly," she said sarcastically. Then she took Danny back. "You know I'm actually started to feel like a mother. I don't think I ever want him taken away from me," she said. She suddenly realized what she had said and her face closed up. Vlad knew what she was thinking and sighed.

"Sylvia, he ruined my life. He deserves whatever he gets," Vlad said softly. Sylvia sighed.

"Save it Vlad. I understand your anger…but taking a child??" she whispered. "It was easier to deal with this before, but now that I've gotten close to Danny…just the thought of someone separating me from him…"

"You're in this too Sylvia. Admit it, you think of him as your son even though he belongs to another. You did just as much bad as I did. And despite all your words of kindness and goodwill, you wouldn't take him back even if you had the chance," Vlad said harshly. Sylvia was silent. Vlad wanted to take back his words but found he couldn't.

"I'm sorry you see it that way Vlad. I'll leave now if you don't mind," she said stiffly. She stood up and left without another word. Vlad sighed.

"Well, guess it's just you and me now Danny. We'll have to change your name. Pity, Danny fits you so well. Well, I guess I could call you Danny. You could be Dante Masters, and people just call you Danny. Sylvia would like that. Dante was the name of her brother but he died in a car crash," Vlad said, rambling slightly. Danny cooed and grabbed his finger, clutching it tightly. Vlad smiled. "Dante it is." He put Danny in the crib and went to Sylvia's room. She was sulking, staring angrily at the corner of her room.

"Sylvia, I'm sorry," Vlad whispered, drawing up a chair next to her. She didn't answer him. "Oh, so I'm getting the silent treatment now." The corner of her mouth twitched slightly. She sighed and put her pencil down.

"Vlad, you know I'll follow you in whatever you do but it doesn't mean I feel good about it. We stole a baby Vlad. You may be hurting Jack but you are hurting Maddie as well. Think about it Vlad," she said imploringly.

"I have thought about it Sylvia. For years I have thought about nothing else. I will get revenge. And if I cannot have Maddie then I will have her son. He will be my family," Vlad said passionately. Sylvia was silent for a minute. The she groaned in acceptance.

"Oh fine! This time you win. But don't expect me to always be bending to your will. I'm the sensible one in this family," she said. Vlad covered his mouth, willing himself not to laugh. She glared at him. "Oh! Well, isn't that nice? Get out!" She threw her pillow at him in mock anger.

"Yes ma'am," he said, then closed the door behind him. "Oh, by the way. I named him Dante." He called this out loudly. There was a second of pause, then the door opened and Sylvia looked out, her nose scrunched up in annoyance.

"Huh?"

"I named him Dante, after your brother."

"Yeah, but he hated that name," she said. Vlad sighed, rolling his eyes.

"Never mind! His name's Dante, and that's final."

"Yes ma'am."

"Shut up," he snarled, then whirled away, ignoring Sylvia's laughter echoing in the halls. "Stupid women. Stupid…women." He reached the nursery and peeked in through the door.

Danny was sleeping.

He smirked slightly. Then he looked down and closed the door, leaving the room in total darkness.

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And that's the first chapter, completely redone. And that took like, what, one day? Haha.

Once again, the Dante thing is just changing it so it won't be suspicious. Not that Vlad thinks Jack will be smart enough to make the connection, but maybe Maddie.

- Speeddemonrox