Disclaimer: I do not own Dracula, I have just created my own plot with new characters...
P.S. A "botion" is an exploding potion...
CHAPTER ONE: THE ENCOUNER
"Fraulk this is stupid, Dr. Vazter was crazy, not smart."
"How do you know, he said that he put a spell on the vampire race with a botion to go off at a certain time with the spell to kill us all, and let me tell you, I believe him."
"We've been searching since January 8, 1788, it has almost been a year, I am starting to forget what my wife looks like, and there has been absolutely no sign."
"Well the exploding potion has got to be somewhere," Fraulk had sat down and wiped the sweat and dirt from his forehead. "Hey Dracula, I got an idea why don't we go back home and summon Zoya?"
"Zoya? Sure, if it will get you off this crazed idea."
"Yes it will, if I am wrong."
So the men took off on flight leaving yet another old, dusty and gloomy castle behind. They must have hit a really bad storm; the winds were so tremendous it kept blowing them off course. What should have only taken them one night ended up taking three, but they had finally made it. When they had landed in front of a grave statue Dracula turned one of the numbers upside down and the statue opened. It was just before dawn when they had started down the stairs, all to be seen was a faint light at the bottom, the place was as quiet as the dead, the un-living dead anyway.
"It seems as if the entire village has gone to bed." Fraulk yawned sleepily.
"Yes it does. Well no use standing around, we should get some rest and tell everyone in the morning."
Night had soon reappeared to the village of Vampier and the villagers had started to awake. Dracula and Fraulk had explained everything about their journey and told them about their plan to contact Zoya. So everyone had started to prepare, candles, Knighting flowers and other essentials, the spell was brought and Dracula read it.
"Dracula, you know that I am not meant to be summoned just for this." A voice had said through the fog that had rolled in.
"We need to know."
"Well, there is a botion, and 0only two can find the way. Dracula miss fortune shall soon come to see thee, but hope shall come in time, and so will thy child, and," she had turned her head towards Fraulk, "well, your child shall accompany. But beware do not try it yourselves it is something that they must do, even if to their death. If you try, either of you it shall be the downfall of all, they might not be able to stop it." And with that she had vanished into a silvery poof.
The time had gone by, two hundred and one years, about, a pregnant mortal lay on a couch watching the television, awaiting her soon to be husband to come home, it was raining, nothing like it ever has before. Deb knew it was the tears of Dracula; he was always depressed about so much, if only she could get him to open up to her.
"Dracula where have you been, I was so worried. Please talk to me, what is going on?"
"I miss her, I know that she has been dead for almost two hundred years, but she was my best friend. I love you, I really do, and I just miss her. I lose everyone."
"I know you love me and miss Mary. But we're not going to leave you, our child and I will be here for you forever, once we become vampires too."
"I've been lying to you Deb, there has been something that I haven't told you."
"What, what is it, you are scaring, just tell me."
Dracula had explained to her about their child destined to help save the vampire race, and death is more then likely to come. That everyone knew but her, ever her best friend Fraulk's wife Margreet.
"Well you started this right, then finish it, I'll be damned if my child will give up their life for something they didn't cause!" And with that Deb walked away.
Dracula had returned to Vampier and an argument had broken out to everyone, about whether or not their two children should go out on the journey. Dracula and Fraulk had really gone at it, and Dracula left, as he did a second botion had started to tick. The only thing was that no one had known about the second one; after that no one had seen hide or hair of Dracula, everyone that that he had gone searching and fallen to his doom.
Many Years Later
"Mom, I'm telling you it is way too spooky out there this morning, besides I haven't missed a day of school. So please" Drazera whined. "Any who, I have already been to graduation and all there is an assembly during the LAST DAY OF SCHOOL! "
"For one thing do not and I repeat DO NOT yell at me. Now honey I do realize that you are really superstitious, believe me I do, but it is just the driveway and the road up to the bus stop I think that you can handle it. Just because you are a graduated senior you are still my child and living underneath my roof. Now I don't want to hear another word about it, because you are going to school and that is the end of it." Debbie said as she was hurrying to get ready and leave for work.
"Well fine, if I get abducted by aliens or something just remember that IT'S YOUR FAULT!" she said very crankily.
"Drazera, I have heard enough just drop the subject!" she yelled, practically at the top of her lungs.
"B-but..." Drazera started.
"I mean NOW!" her mom said. "I've got to go, I love you, so please have a good day. Bye."
"Yeah, whatever." she said as she was stomping off to her bedroom to get her stuff together for school.
Her mom and step dad both left at the same time to go to work, though having different jobs. They trust that Drazera will go to school because they didn't call or anything.
"Great something bad is going to happen today, I just know it. And you know what, the worst thing about it is that no one will believe me. If Harminee and Burgyndee were here they'd believe me. I mean after all they are my two very best friends and they would never ever let anything bad happen to me, and I'd never ever let anything bad happen to them."
It was time for her to leave and she was scared half to death. But for some reason she was leaving, it was almost like, it was just like something was drawing her towards it. She thought that it was really odd that someone or something was drawing her out there.
As she finished walking out of the driveway and started to head up to the bus stop up the road, she heard a noise but she didn't see what it was. Because there were so many trees that covered the moonlight, all the light that you could was the dim, old street light at the very end of the road. So obviously that didn't help much. Then before she knew it a dark shadow came flying towards her though the trees and cutting the wind by going so fast. She couldn't see much, but she could tell he was a guy and a pretty nice looking one at that.
"Who are you?" Drazera asked while trying not to fall over from shaking.
"What does it matter anyway, because you are going to die?" The dark figure asked with hate rid in his voice.
"Why?"
"Simple really, because for I am a vampire and you are now my prey."
"Now wait a minute there is no way that you are a vampire." She said with such an attitude.
"Why, are you not a believer?"
"Oh no, I am most diffidently a believer in vampires."
"Then tell me mortal, why do you decline me of my heritage?"
"Because, vampires are ugly, and you are just way to hot. So that must mean that you are no vampire."
"Really, you not just saying that because you want to stall time?"
"No." She said with gentle and kind smile.
They kept talking for a few minutes until they heard a noise.
"I have to go." She said so soft and sadly. 'Before I go my I ask your name?"
" My name is Chris, but I prefer everyone to call me Shark. However, you may call ever one that you prefer."
"Why is that?"
"Very simple, it is because I have never met anyone like you."
"Nor have I."
"By the way what is your name, I didn't get a chance to ask."
"It is Drazera."
"I really have to go now, but I enjoyed talking with you. And, I really hope to see you again."
"Maybe I'll see you sometime."
"See ya!" She said into the wind as she walked away as a fog started to settle in.
When she got to school she ran right up to one of her best friends. Her name was Burgyndee.
"Burgyndee, you will never believe what happened to me while I was walking up to my bus stop." Drazera said with great excitement.
"You're right, the chances of me believing you are slim to none. But I'll ask anyway, no matter how much I'll regret it. What happened to you earlier this morning?" Burgyndee asked with no enthusiasm.
"Well I was walking up to the bus stop and... then... I met a... a... VAMPIRE! Isn't that so exciting?"
"You what?" Burgyndee said disbelievingly.
"I met a vampire, what is so strange about that?"
"I wonder? Drazera listen to me, you are one of my best friends and I will be there for you though thick thin. But this is just... just absolute non sense." She said with a sigh.
"What did I tell you, what I told you was, you would not believe me. Did I or did I not?"
"Fine... fine do you really want my honest answer?"
"Yah, what else would I want?"
"Ok, did you really see something?"
"Yes, I wouldn't make something like this up."
"Then I believe that you really did see something."
"Ok, I have to go talk to Harminee. So if you wouldn't mind please..."
"I know... I know I wont tell anyone."
"Ok see you at the assembly."
"See ya." Said Burgyndee said as she walked off to see her other friends.
They both parted, and then a few moments after they did Harminee walked in the door. Some people say that she is freakish and extremely odd like Drazera, just not as bad.
"Hey Zee." Said Harminee, Zee is what she calls Drazera. "What's going on?"
"Oh, not to much. Unless of cores you include the fact that I met a vampire earlier this morning." She answered.
"No way you kidding me, right?" She said with such excitement.
"No I'm not. He seems to be really nice."
"He huh?" She said with suspicion in a jokingly way.
"Yes he. Oh man."
"What?"
"Look at the time we have to go to the assembly."
"Hip, hip, hooray." Harminee said sarcastically.
"Lets get a move on."
So they headed off to the assembly. They had met up with Burgyndee and they started whispering and then started to giggle. What were they talking about or planning. When they got to the gymnasium, after they found each other, they went to the girl's bathroom.
"I brought the water balloons did you guys bring your stuff?" Said Burgyndee with such excitement.
"YEAH! OF COURSE we brought our stuff!!" Drazera and Harminee said at the same time, digging their funnel and Green Jell-O out of their purses, while Burgyndee was getting out her water balloons from her purse.
They hurried very quickly, mashing up the jell-o and feeding it into the funnel, then into the water balloons. After about five minutes, they had finished, and tried to put the balloons into their purses and pockets for the master plan. They were trying so hard not to giggle, then a teacher came in and said "ladies, lets hurry it up please." Then she walked out.
"Woo, that was a close one." They said as they took the balloons out from behind their backs.
They were going as fast as they could to tie the balloons. When they did, they finally put them away and ran to there seats, to prepare for the "master plan".
As the assembly started, it was already getting boring. And the "ladies" were getting impatient after about a half of an hour. All they had to was look at each other and smile, they wanted to do the "master plan' but they had to wait till the end of the assembly. So they waited and waited and waited some more. Until finally the assembly was over, everyone was happy about it,
"I can't believe it took so gosh darn long." Drazera said with such annoyance.
"Yeah, I know what you mean, it took forever!" Burgyndee griped.
"Come on, come on, lets get going, quick get the jell-o balloons!" Harminee said very impatiently.
They grabbed all the balloons they could fit in their hands and started throwing them at people as they were heading to their busses. They kept grabbing and throwing them until they ran out of balloons, then booked it to their busses as they said goodbye to each other.
Drazera wanted to see Shark, but she could not, because of the fact that it was daylight and vampires cannot come out in light, well at least the daylight.
As she was on her bus going home she could think of nothing else but him. She could not quite put her finger on it. But, there was something very familiar about him. During the whole hour bus ride she was trying to think of it but she could not. If she even tried to ask her mom about it, she would just say that Drazera was imagining things and to drop the subject. But knowing Drazera she would not and even if it was the last thing she did, she would figure out this whole mystery.
When she got home she went outside, she set up her tent and then packed some clothes, pillows, and blankets. So now she was she was ready to as she called "moving into her tent" but it was just for the summer though. Her tent is so huge that she can hang up two sheets and have four rooms in all. They are her bedroom, bathroom, guest room and a "common room" in other words a living room. And her tent also came with a screen room, so that is what she decided to make a living room with the two camping chairs and milk crate for a coffee table. It took her about an hour to get everything together. Then it was about four-thirty when she called her mom and told her that she was going to stay in her tent.
"Mom, I am moving into my tent for the summer." Drazera said.
"Yeah? And?" Deb replied.
"Well I will need some groceries"
"Like what?"
"Well you can bring me home a twelve pack of Coca-Cola, some candy bars, a pack or two of donuts, and some stuff like that."
"Fine, but it is all coming out of your allowance, alright?"
"Yep, that is perfectly fine with me"
"Ok, I love you."
"See you, I'll get my stuff from you tomorrow, because by the time you get home I will be in bed."
"Good bye!" Debbie said as she hung up the phone to hurry and get back to work.
By the time Drazera got off the phone and got some food and juices to bring outside it was around five-o-clock. So it was getting close to and got some food and juices to bring outside it was around five-o-clock. And so now it was getting close to being dark. So then she decided to get some sleep, because she a very sting feeling that she was going to see Shark again. She might not tonight, but soon, not exactly soon enough for her, because maybe she had fallen for him. The knowingness of him was getting to be stronger than ever, something... something was drawing... her towards him. But now it was time for her to take her nap. So now she would be ready to wait for him, and she would all night if she had to, all just so she could see Shark, that was if he showed up. But what if he didn't know where she lives. As she was thinking about it she slowly fell asleep.
"Shut up dogs!" Drazera yelled as her mom pulled into the driveway at ten-thirty.
Drazera was not tired anymore, so now she could wait up. It was around eleven-fifty when she heard a thud outside. So she immediately ran out to see what it was...
"Drazera, please help me." Shark whispered into the cool, gentle summer breeze.
"Shark, whatever is the matter?" She said trying not to panic.
"Never mind, please keep the light away."
"Yes of cores, I will."
"Please bring me into your tent, and wait for my help that will be arriving shortly."
"Yes, yes I will."
As she was bringing him into her tent and setting him down she heard four more thuds outside. So she hurried out there as fast as she could, and much to her surprise it was...
"Mmm...May...I... help... you?" She said with such fright in her eyes.
"A mortal, come family we must leave! NOW!" The man said very low with such hate rid in his voice.
"Wait, please wait. Shark is in my tent. You are looking for Shark, are you not?" Drazera said.
"Yes, please show him to me." The women said. "Please I am begging you."
"Of cores, he is right this way," Drazera said. "He is not feeling well at all.
So then she led the father, the mother and one girl twin and one boy twin. The twins seemed to be a bit younger then Shark. Drazera thought that the family looked very concerned about Shark.
"Christopher, are you all right?" The mother asked.
"Yes I'm fine, I think." He replied.
"Good, because you are never, ever going off flying by yourself again! Do you here me mister."
"Whatever, do you think that you are going to stop me?"
"Yes, I do!"
"Now you listen to me Shark, you will listen to your mother. And don't let me hear you take that tone of voice with your mother again do you got that?" His father said.
This arguing went on for quite a few hours. She was really starting to get sick of it. But she did however find out all of the names. The father's name was Fraulk (Fr-au-k), and the mother's name was Margreet (Mar-greet) and the twins are Rudolph (the boy) and Toteaohna (Tot-tea-ona). To Drazera they all seemed like a really nice family, for being vampires and totally hating all mortals. By the time every one of them stopped arguing it was almost time for the sun to rise. So then there was some big commotion there. But in the end they decided to have her watch Shark during the day, because if they tried to bring him home it would slow them down just enough to get caught by the sun. Then she had to hurry ands find a way to keep my tent dark all day long, so she hung up a lot of sheets and blankets on the inside an outside of her tent. It was pretty dark in there at least that was the best that she could do on such short notice, it almost looked like it was evening like in there. He told her that it was perfect and that he really appreciated everything that she was doing for him.
"Well I think that I'd better start heading to bed." Shark said to Drazera.
"Sure, would you like to talk until you fall asleep?" Drazera asked.
"That would be nice." Shark answered.
So they sat there talking until they both dozed off while holding hands.
"Drazera, it is noon don't tell me you are still not asleep." Debbie said.
"No, I'm up, I have just been...uh...writing in my diary and reading." She replied.
"Are you dress yet?"
"Umm...yeah."
"Alright then get in here."
"Just a minute." She sighed.
Drazera was going as fast as she could to changed at the other end of the tent.
"Yeah, what did you want?" She asked her mother while trying to catch her breath.
"What is the matter?" Debbie asked.
"Nothing. So what did you want?"
"Harminee is on the phone"
Drazera thanked her mother and headed towards the phone and picked it up.
"Hello Harminee, what's up?"
"Not much just wanted to talk."
"Well what did you want to talk about?"
"For starters did you get to see what is his name again?"
"Do you mean Chris, I mean Shark?"
"Well duh, who else do you think I would be talking about"
"Yes as a matter a fact I did get to see him again."
"Oh anyways for the second thing non of the three of us got to talk about if Burg and I can still come over in two days, or should I say nights?"
"Um... hold on let me go ask my mom ok?"
"Sure."
"Ok, I'll be back in a second."
So Drazera set down the phone and went down stairs and started looking for her mom. And then she saw her making a cucumber sandwich for lunch.
"Hey mom." Drazera said.
"What?" Debbie replied.
"Is it still ok if Harm and Burg come over in two night?" I mean two days?"
"Yes, you three are like sisters better yet like triplets, and what kind of person would I be to split up a set."
"Thanks mom."
So then Drazera started to head back up the stairs, but all of the sudden when she was almost the phone she had got a brilliant idea.
"Hey mom."
"Instead can they come over today and stay a few days?"
"I guess so, but you girls better behave."
"We will, thanks mom."
"No problem."
Then Drazera ran up the stairs as fast as she could to go tell, well ask Harminee, and then call and ask Burgyndee. She was so excited because she knew that their moms would most definitely say yes. So she could tell already somehow that this was going t be the best and most exciting summer of ant of their lives...
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