A's/N: Hey guys, I'm Zara, this is my first Young Dracula based story, it will probably be rusty at first, but I would really appreciate advice or ideas on what you think, hope you enjoy!

~This chapter is based on the first episode of series 3, by the way, if I get something wrong like a characters name or place, or ANYTHING that is in the series, you have my apologies, same goes if get any typos.

I'm running, I'm not sure for how long or where too, but right now I didn't care, they were chasing me, us, and I could sense Ingrid slowing down, but I kept going, she doesn't seem to care about me, so I'm only doing her a favour.

"I'll go for the vampire; you go after the half-fang! Go!" I heard one of them shout.

Damn it old girl, keep running.

All I could see were trees, tall, very tall, and the sun was high in the sky, I doubted Ingrid's chances of loosing the slayers, she'd never get past the sun. I haven't actually understood why they were after me too, probably because I 'know,' or now I should say 'knew' the Chosen One, plus I'm not exactly normal, they have a reason for calling me a threat.

I ducked under a low branch and hid behind a tree to catch my breath, even though I barely needed too. I heard gasping behind me and quickly grabbed Ingrid before she fell.

"Remind me again why you decided to burn down the castle and leave us with no where to go to!" I half whispered, half shouted at her.

"Forget it! We need them off our tail, now!"

"But how? My powers are draining out of me from running for so long and you can barely stand up!" This time I screamed at her.

"I'm fine, quick, keep moving I can hear them."

So we ran some more, but they were still behind us, they were definitely very determined to turn us into dust. We reached a garage of some sort and stopped for a minute.

"Flora, you need to get out of here, I'll hold them off so you can save yourself," Ingrid said in-between gasps.

I pulled my eyebrows together and looked at her, this was strange, I would've expected her to make ME do the 'holding off' whilst SHE got away. This was the third time she's shown any sort of kindness towards me, first was when I was missing my Grandmother, second when I was missing Vlad. I looked at her for another minute just to check she wasn't joking, but then she shoved me back out into the trees.

"Don't ask questions! Just go, don't worry, I'll make sure you make up for it." And that was it.

I didn't look behind me, and frankly I didn't need to, thanks to my powers I knew that they had lost Ingrid and that she was safe, well, not entirely, but at least they had lost her.

I managed to run for a good 3 hours, and found myself in a town; the name didn't really matter to me. I felt inside my coat pocket for any change and decided that I should buy something to eat. After walking up and down the high street, I found a cute bakery that I though I'd like, when I walked in many heads turned my way and some people's eye's widened, but I shrugged it off and bought a doughnut then I asked for the toilet, hoping that there was one. The woman I asked nodded and pointed to the left of her.

After doing my business I washed my hands and looked up to catch a glimpse of myself in the mirror and what I saw made me gasp.

I had dark grey bags under my eyes, my lip was swollen, I had scratches on my neck and check, my once hazel eyes had turned empty and dark, my tights were ripped under my knees and overall I looked terrible.
I pulled my shorts down a little, tied my (too long for my liking) brown hair back and walked out the bakery to sit on a bench. I needed to think, about everything.

I wondered what Vlad was doing, and where he was, he was close though, I could sense it, feel it. I needed to find him; all I have now since he's been gone is the memories.

I still remember the first time I met him and Robin; it was my first day at school;;

_Flashback

I pulled my long hair over my shoulder and walked through the gates, first days were always the worst, if it didn't end well, chances are your whole secondary life won't be good either. Moving school wasn't good either, especially when it's in year 8, in the middle of the autumn term, where everyone had already made their best friends and enemies, it's hard to make friends.

I walked over to my locker and opened it to put my lunch in, I had to move, the social services made me, from my favourite ever care home, to one where I'm treated like dirt, apparently I can't co-operate well with the other children and is seen as a bad influence, so they dumped me here, in Stokley.

Suddenly, a loud voice broke me out of my thoughts.

"Vlad! I've got your cape! I accidently took it home when I was at the castle thinking it was mine, sorry about that!" a boy yelled across the hall.

I looked left and saw the boy that was making all the noise, he stood out very much, and not exactly in a good way, he had black hair and was wearing a long black cape, like the ones vampires where in movies, obviously he had his uniform underneath. He was standing a few lockers away from me, next to him was another boy, shorter than the other, his hair was a light brown and from what I could see, he seemed to be red with embarrassment, I smiled and shook my head.

The cape boy saw me looking and waved; I smiled again, got my book out and started to make my way to the form room.

"Hello! I'm Robin! I haven't seen you around school before, are you new?" The cape boy ran up to me and stopped me in my tracks.

"I'm Flora, yes, it's my first day here," I needed to get better at introducing myself if I wanted friends.

"Robin c'mon! We'll be late again!" Said Robin's friend.

"That's Vlad, he's my best mate, he also doesn't like to be late for lessons," Robin joked.

I laughed and Vlad suddenly realised I was there.

"Oh, I'm sorry, I didn't see you there, you must be the new girl everyone's been talking about, and I'm-"

"Vlad, I know, Robin told me," I finished him off.

"Well, thanks Robin, anyway, nice to meet you, I'm sure we'll be great friends."
He stuck his hand out and I shook it lightly, with a shy smile on my face.

_End Of Flashback

I don't think that day would've been bearable if they weren't with me, on that day I had also met Chloe, who was probably the only girl friend I had, and Jonathon. And Vlad was right; we turned out to be the best of friends, all day, everyday, it was Robin, Vlad and I. We became friends so easily that Vlad told me about who his family were about a day after we'd met.

_Flashback

"Flora, why don't you come over to Vlad's house with me tonight," Robin has whispered to me during out History lesson.

"Yeah, I guess so, I mean if it's okay with Vlad..."

We both looked over to him and saw him finishing off his essay, his hands were under the desk and he put his thumbs up.

"Well, I guess that's a yes."

"I warn you Flora, it doesn't exactly look all that attracting, actually I would think it looks rather horrible."

Vlad had been telling me all about how he knew I wouldn't like his house (or how Robin put it, 'castle' I didn't think it was an actual castle though).

"Oh nonsense, trust me, I bet it's better than a stinky foster home," I had replied.

We finally got to the top of the hill and my eyes widened at the sight in front of me, not of being frightened, but amazed and blown away. It was a real castle, but wasn't fully intact. It looked awesome though, through my eyes.

"Wow, I am so jealous."

"See Vlad, told you she wouldn't mind that you lived in a castle, I mean, WHO WOULDN'T!" Robin exclaimed.

"Yeah, yeah, whatever," Vlad opened the door and we entered his home.

"Dad! I'm home!"

"Vladdy, you've brought me a snack, you shall be rewarded," A voice came from behind me.

I jumped and turned around, in front of me stood a tall man, with long jet black hair and a red suit, I wasn't even sure what it was.

"Hello, young one, what's your name?" He bent over and looked at me with hungry eyes.

"Flora, nice to meet you Mr-"
"Count."

"Mr Count Dracula."
"Dad, leave her alone, she's my friend now and you better get used to her not being your 'snack' " Vlad snapped.

The Count growled and sped off faster than light.

"Your dad seems..."
"Weird, crazy, annoying, demanding, strange, scary, take your pick, I've heard them all before," Vlad said, sighing.

He dumped his bag down and sat on a chair.

"Hey, I didn't mean it like that, don't get upset," I sat on the arm rest of his chair.

"Don't worry, look, there's something you should know, about my family, I'm not sure why I'm telling you this after 48 hours of knowing you, but I feel like I've known forever and I trust you, I bet you're wondering what my dad meant by you being his snack, right?" He said in a rush, his eyes staring me down.

I nodded quickly.

"Well, um, let's just say that vampires really do exist."

Once he said that I erupted into a fit of laughter and held onto my stomach.

"You are joking right?"
"No, he's not, really his family are vampires, his sister has her transformation next year," Robin said from the couch.

"I'll prove it to you, come."
He grabbed my hand and led me to his dad.

"Dad, I'm wondering about how long my fangs will be when they come, can you show me yours?" Vlad had asked him, so casually.

"Why, of course, I want my son and heir to be fully prepared and knows what to expect, so here are mine..."

With that he opened his mouth and a set of razor sharp teeth had appeared, Vlad thanked his dad and pulled me into another room.

I hadn't realised my mouth was wide open until Robin had closed it for me.

"So that's what the cape was about yesterday morning! No offence, but you don't really look like a vampire; I could've mistaken Robin as your dad's 'son and heir.' " I said, rather bluntly.

"Yeah, I know, but I don't want to be his son and heir! Or a vampire! I want to be normal, like you two! It's not fair!" Vlad yelled and stomped his foot.

All Robin and I could do were give him sympathetic looks and words of comfort.

_End Of Flashback

That's another thing Vlad trusted me with, every time he felt like giving up, or breaking down, he came to me, and every time I would help him out and it always seemed worked, he himself told me that he even though he looked at Robin as a brother and loved him very much, he wouldn't be able to confide in him like he does to me, and I felt like the happiest girl on Earth, as I always did have some sort of crush on him, I just kept on denying it and by the time I had the courage to tell him my feelings, he had left me.

I sighed and stretched my arms, time to get moving.

A's/N: Thanks for reading! I know you must be confused on who Flora is and why she is seen as a 'threat,' but I promise I'll try to explain it more fully in the next few chapters! Please review! I'm begging, it would really help! Anything you think I need to improve or ideas are always appreciated!

I'll try and update by tomorrow, or sometime this week!