Author's Note: Well, everyone who is wondering why I'm taking so long to work on my other stories have meatisadelicacy to blame for putting this story in my head and my inability to get it out. Starts out slow, when they are young, but will continue on through high school/college/adulthood. This is really just the set up. I hope you enjoy!

Brittany grasped tightly to Santana's pinky in the car ride home from Pirates of the Carribean. They sat in the back of Brittany's mother's minivan.

"You okay, Britt?" Santana whispered over to her friend.

"That movie was scary."

"Pirates aren't scary, Britt."

"I think they are."

"You know who can always beat pirates?" Brittany shook her head. "Vampires."

"You were a vampire last Halloween, San!" Santana nodded.

"You wanna know a secret?" Santana asked Brittany, who nodded again. "I'm a Vampirate. I'm the ultimate evil for pirates and vampires everywhere!" Brittany giggled.

"I don't believe you…"

"I'll show you later, Britt, I promise."

Once they got home, Brittany's mother insisted that they take showers and head to bed immediately. Both girls protested, it was a Saturday night, after all, and they'd just seen a scary movie, but Mrs. Pierce wouldn't budge, so they trudged upstairs while Santana took the first shower and was still in her towel when Brittany went into the bathroom. Santana took this time to dig frantically through the box of costume supplies Brittany hid under her bed. It didn't take her long to find a sword, a pirate looking hat, an eye patch, and vampire teeth. To top it off, for good measure, Santana tied a winter scarf around her waist.

When Brittany left the bathroom, still wrapped in just a towel, Santana was perched next to the window of her room. Santana jumped up from the window.

"I'm Santana, Great Vampirate, and I'm here to protect you from those evil pirates who were lurking around to steal your most precious belongings, Miss Brittany. Brittany squealed and, instead of putting her pajamas on like her mother had told her, found an old princess dress put that on instead.

"But, Great Vampirate Santana," Brittany said, "how did you get here?"

"Don't worry, Miss Brittany, take a seat and I will explain all…"

"I was once a normal girl like you, I played with dolls, and lived a happy life with my family, in a small town called…Gazpacho. My father was a doctor, and I went to school and had lots of friends. Then, one day, a gang of evil vampires landed upon Gazpacho and began sucking the blood of all of the citizens," Brittany sat on her bed, squeezing tightly to her stuffed duck. " I wasn't scared though, because I was a super fast runner so I ran and ran until I thought I was safe. I spent three days hiding in the woods."

"You hid in the woods all alone? Weren't you scared?"

"Nothing can scare me, even before I was a vampirate. Anyway, three days later, I returned to town, but everyone was gone. When I returned to my home, it was empty…or so I thought. I crawled into my bed to sleep after my long three days in the woods. In the night, an evil vampire boy attacked me in my sleep!"

"Why?"

"Because he was mean and evil."

"Like Puck?"

"Yeah, B, just like Puck. Evil vampire Puck attacked me, but right before I was about to die," Brittany's eyes widened, "he realized I was too beautiful to die so he made me into a vampire too. I thought I was destined to spend the rest of eternity with evil Puck, roaming from town to town, feeding on evil teachers who give out too much homework, until one day, Puck and I were kidnapped by a gang of even more evil pirates! We thought it was over, until I realized that the pirates didn't realize we were vampires. I showed them my fangs and attacked the meanest of them, and the rest became so afraid of me they became my lifelong servants. And that's what I've been doing ever since…roaming from town to town when I hear a young girl needs protection from pirates or vampires and protecting them. Everyone is afraid of me, because I am the dread Vampirate Santana, and therefore anyone under my protection is safe."

"How did you find out about me?"

"A magic duck, of course!"

"Ducks are magic?" vampirate Santana nodded.

"Ducks are my magical messengers. They come to me when there is a girl in distress and send me to her. That is how I came to end up here, in your castle. Look!" Santana said, gesturing to the window. "An evil pirate!" Santana rushed to the window and began sword fighting with a pillow. She finally stabbed the pirate/pillow right through the center sending feathers flying everywhere. Brittany jumped up and grabbed Santana tightly around the waist, and placed a small kiss on her cheek.

"Girls! Time for bed!" Brittany's mother said, poking her head in the door. "Oh, lord," she said. "What is going on in here?" Santana and Brittany just stood there, her arms still around Santana's waist as feathers floated around the room. Her mother just rolled her eyes. "Put on your pajamas, girls, and get to bed. I'll be back in ten minutes. Sure enough, ten minutes later, she came back and tucked the girls in and shut the light. Brittany curled up into Santana.

"What am I going to do when you have to leave to protect another girl?"

"I can stay here and protect you forever, B."

"But then won't other girls get hurt?" Santana thought for a moment.

"Then you can come with me on all my adventures, everywhere I go."

"Promise?"

"Promise."