Prologue

He couldn't take it any more. The pressure of being the Chosen One, and the challenging task to keep up the treaty was just too much. He had known that it wouldn't be easy, in fact almost impossible, but he'd tried anyway.

He had been told when he was younger by his teachers in school that 'The only failure is giving up', and it had made him feel better then. But now it was doing the opposite, because giving up was exactly what he was doing. He was failing.

So now he was packing his rucksack with the things he thought he would have to bring with him. A bottle of soy-blood, some clothing and some money. The rest of the things he would need he could buy.

Swinging his bag onto his shoulder he was ready, ready to start a new life somewhere.

He walked out of his room as quiet as he could and walked down the corridor to Erin's room. He pushed the handle to her door down and opened it slightly, only so that he could see Erin.

She was lying there, as beautiful as an angel. Peaceful.

Vlad had first thought about bringing her, but now, when he saw her there, he knew he couldn't. He couldn't bring her away from all this just like that.

Erin's mouth turned into a smile as she switched position from lying on her back to her right side. Now he definitely couldn't bring her.

But then a thought struck him. He couldn't leave her here with his father and Bertrand either – they would blame her for his disappearance for sure. A idea popped into his mind, an idea that would fix everything, he thought.

He walked over to her, the angel, and picked her up in his arms. Surprisingly she did wake up, which Vlad was grateful for.

He carried her out of her room as carefully as possible and then went into the throne room. He put her down into one of the couches and then woke her up.

"What?" she murmured. She opened her eyes and let them get used to the dark. "Vlad?"

He looked into her eyes, her wonderful blue eyes, and dragged her in, freezing her with his yellow glowing eyes.

"You are Brea Turner, an ordinary girl. You went here to Garside to look at the school, but didn't like it. So now you will return to your foster family, the Seidners, in Stonehirtage."

Then he snapped his fingers and Erin walked out of the Dracula's lair, and left Garside. Now Vlad had to just go to the family Seidner and hypnotize them as well. Then he knew she would be safe. As safe as you would think she was when she was sleeping in her room, smiling.

Vlad left Garside and fixed everything with the Seidner family, and then returned to where he grew up. To Stokely, where he knew the people who knew him before wouldn't. And to the burnt down castle in ruins. It would match his insides.

So... what do you guys think? Yes, yes, I know that a vampire cannot hypnotize the ones they are in love with, but this plot wouldn't have worked without that. So, erm... let's say that Vlad could do it because he's the Chosen One. :)

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