Young Dracula continued

A/N

-This is my first Fan Fiction so please review to tell me good/bad, how to improve or where you hope the story will go.

- You should also know for some reason when I first planned this I thought Ryan (Erins brother) was dead, it was only after I started writing I realized that he wasn't but by then it was too late so in my version he's dead. Enjoy.

Chapter One

It had been 3 days since they defeated Sethius, 3 days since vampires and slayers worked together, 3 days since the Van-Helsings agreed on a 'No biting, No slaying' policy. Vlad had kept mostly to himself talking privately to Zultan; his pet stuffed Blood Hound. The Count simply put it down to 'after bite' nerves and that his 18th birthday was approaching where his life will make another dramatic U-turn as he is going to be crowned the new Grand High Vampire; besides, the Count was content on spending his time dealing with school matters with the delightful Miss McCauley. Despite what everyone believed Vlad had another reason for avoiding contact with people. Vlad saddened slightly as he remembered the events of the past few days, Sethius had killed Erin's brother Ryan when they were showing off their powers and since Erin had previously told him she was only staying to find a cure for his vampirism, he was afraid she'd leave because that reason was now void.

"I don't want her to leave Zultan… at least I know she won't go without saying goodbye." Vlad said hoping it was true, he'd really grown to like Erin as more than a friend and the thought of her leaving hurt Vlad in a way a stake never could. He sat on the edge of his metal coffin trying to figure out how to remedy the situation but nothing came to mind.

"You can't avoid her forever Master Vlad." Zultan stated.

"It's at least buying me sometime." Vlad said this time more confident he'd find a way to keep Erin around. Zultan wasn't so sure so to avoid upsetting his master further; they sat in silence until they noticed the veil of darkness being lifted and the morning light creep towards the school. Vlad sighed, he missed the warmth of the sun and the freedom to get away from his vampiric life style that came with it but ever since he put on that crown and gained his full vampire powers he was enslaved to the darkness despite his lack of age at the time. Vlad reluctantly climbed into his metal coffin and shut the lid, the automatic locks that were only able to be unlocked from the inside; it was an extra security feature his Dad had insisted on after the slayer attacks on them, locked shut letting the youngest Dracula sleep without fear of being staked.

A few hours later (about 11am) Erin entered Vlads room, she knew the sun was up and he would be fast asleep so didn't bother to knock.

"Vlad… we need to talk." Erin said softly, there was no need for her to raise her voice with Vlads incredible hearing. Vlads eyes shot open at the sound of her voice but he stayed perfectly still hoping she didn't know he was there. Erin waited for a moment, she had hoped Vlad would come out but when it was clear he wasn't, she continued. "I know why you've been avoiding me…" Erin the let the question hang hoping to encourage some response out of him but still he wouldn't answer. "Fine! If you don't want to come to look me in the eyes then stay in there thinking I don't know where you are but listen because I don't want to have to repeat this!" Erin said getting increasing angry at his cowardice to emerge and face her. Vlad knew he was busted; Erin had managed to get him when he was cornered with nowhere to run, he knew what was coming next. It was what he feared, it seemed as usual Zultan was right, he couldn't avoid her forever, this was inevitable and was sure if he had a working heart it was about to be shattered into a million pieces. "It's probably easier with you in there to say this anyway but it still hurts me to do so." Erin waited patiently for another minute as the gravity of what she was about to do was hitting her like a ton of bricks, she really wished Vlad would come out of coffin as at the moment she might as well have done this all over the phone which she hated the idea of. A single crystal tear rolled down her cheek leaving a watery trail as she retorted, "I'm leaving. Goodbye Vlad." Erins voice wavered as she could hardly believe she was actually doing this but her head had conquered her heart this time, A family of vampires that knew she was a slayer and would do everything in their power to kill her was not a safe place to be, she knew if she stayed Vlad would protect her but she'd be putting a massive burden on his shoulders when he had lots of other more important issues like being the Grand High Vampire and the Chosen one not mentioning attempting to maintain the peace with the slayers, she only hoped it was for the best and in time wouldn't regret it. Erin wheeled around not wanting to look at Vlads coffin anymore sadden that she wouldn't get to gaze into his dreamy black eyes one last time. As Erin took a single step towards to the door the rickety floor boards creaked with her exit alerting Vlad, before she could take another step Vlad flung open his coffin ripping the locks off not wanting to wait the precious few seconds for them to open and sped in front of Erin to place himself between her and the door. They stared into each other eyes for what seemed like an eternity but was actually only seconds before Vlad tried to speak.

"Please… I need you… don't go." Vlad pleaded, he considered begging on his knees but decided against it.

"My brother's dead Vlad and so is my reason for being here." Erin replied softly trying not to remember the only family member that actually cared about her was dust in a vacuum by now.

"Is he the only reason you stayed?" Vlad questioned holding back a stream of tears to keep up his masculine appearance in front of her. Erin took Vlads hand in hers keeping the contact to try to soften the next emotional blow.

"No… but we're kidding ourselves if we thought it could work; you're the Chosen One and Grand High Vampire. Your destiny could fill a library while mine you could scribble on a bit of scrap paper. I'm just a breather." Erins voice was as gentle as possible as she spoke trying to get him to understand but her heart screamed in rebellion to the idea. 'What if you could have made it work?' her heart questioned but she suppressed it with a lot of effort, Erin had to believe she was doing the right thing or she would never leave.

Vlad just looked back into her eyes trying to silently convey all his affection for her as he didn't trust himself to speak; his darker side wished he could hypnotise her to stay but he shut it out not wanting to be bothered by his duel personality at the moment. As Erin looked back into his eyes she knew if she asked Vlad he would give up anything and everything for her to stay but she didn't want to be the obstacle or distraction that prevents him from fulfilling his destiny and uniting humans and vampires in peace saving so many lives that would have normally been lost in the pointless war, if she stayed it would've been selfish of her to keep Vlad to herself. "Goodbye Vlad. Stay safe." Erin tried not to cry but as she knew she couldn't hold them in any longer Erin moved past Vlad to leave before she made herself look like an emotion wreck in front of him which she was inside; Erin wanted to leave Vlad with a strong image to remember her by, not the crying damsel in distress she felt like. Vlad knew he couldn't keep Erin here against her will so he quickly sped around the room searching through his possessions before speeding back in front of her stopping again. Vlad opened his hands to her revealing the Dracula coat of arms broach his father had presented him as a symbol of his family inheritance and birth right. He placed it gently into Erins hand before moving away slightly. "I can't…" Erin started.

"Please, so you'll at least have something to remember me from." Vlad said while trying to plaster a smile on his face but it a weak attempt, he was too emotionally damaged to make it look convincing. He closed Erins hand around not letting her return it. Erin smiled back at him.

"I don't need a trinket to remember you by; you'll always be in heart." Erin said truefully, she doubted if her heart could care for anyone except him again. The truth was that Vlad was the only one who managed to scale the walls to her heart; he was the only one that truly understood her and she expected it would stay like that forever. Erin held the broach to her eyes as she marvelled at it; it was round with a red dragon holding a ruby in it claws. It was clearly very well made as every detail down to the scales on the dragon was moulded perfectly, the ruby was thumb size and radiated slightly in the dark, it was almost mesmerising. "Are you sure? This is your coat of arms, not mine." Erin said offering it back to him but Vlad didn't take it.

"Every vampire knows this is my coat of arms, if they see it they'll know you're under my protection. If I can't protect you personally, at least let my name." Vlad replied trying to sound positive but it came out sounding more defeated. Erin smiled at him again; even though she was leaving he still wouldn't let her go without some form of protection. That was true affection she told herself. She hugged Vlad trying to convey all her goodbyes and thanks in that single hug but it wasn't possible, she owed him so much it couldn't all be thanked that easily; she would forever be in his debt. They moved apart slightly and looked into each other's eyes, after a moment they began to lean in to kiss but as they were centimetres apart Erin pulled away leaving Vlad savouring the sweet scent of her breath. She knew if they kissed it would make it too hard for her to leave, they had rarely kissed before but every time they had it was magical and if she felt that there wasn't enough will power in the world that could persuade her to leave.

"Goodbye Vlad." Erin repeated a final time before running out of his room tears running down her cheeks leaving Vlad feeling all alone in the world. Erin paused outside his now shut door taking big breaths trying to calm down before forcing herself to walk away and leave the school premises.

Vlad stood there alone long after she had left stunned and heartbroken even after he heard her BMW driving away with the one person that made him happy, the one person that he could feel normal around. The one person he loved driving away forever. Vlad howled into the air making his fang extend and lighting crack like a thousand whips all around. His screams echoed through the school making it seem as if the building itself was screaming in harmony and waking up the other vampires from their morning slumber causing them to congregate outside the source of the noise - Vlads room.

Bertrand, Ingrid, Count Dracula and even Wolfie waited outside his room looking at each other unsure whether they should enter or not. A crack of lightning nearby made up their minds as they decided not to enter, they were only glad it was a weekend and the noise/freak lighting storm wouldn't attract unwanted attention from the hordes of breathers that resided in the school most of the week. All three of them could sense Vlads power radiating from his room; it was incredible as none of them had ever sensed that much power before. Wolfie just clung to the Counts leg whining slightly as like most dogs, lightning scared him. They knew going into Vlads room when he was this upset would be a more certain death then being staked but the Count couldn't resist his usual banter with his daughter.

"Ingrid, be a good girl and check on your brother will you." The Count said with no concern for his daughters' well fair only fear that Vlad could hurt him if he wasn't calmed soon.

"What! I'd rather eat garlic then go in there!" Ingrid spat back at her Dad, this was even more unfeeling then most of the times he'd tried to get rid of her, trying to use her brother against her was a desperate move.

"Count… if I may. I think it would be wise and less suicidal if we wait until he's calmed down." Bertrand said diplomatically attempting to appeal to both Ingrid who doesn't want to go into the room for obvious reasons and the Count who wants nothing more than to save his own hide.

"Yes, Yes. I suppose your right… we'll wait then." The count said slightly upset that Ingrid wouldn't be turning to dust but he told himself, 'there's always tomorrow'.

The Draculas and Bertrand waited for 2 hours before they'd gathered enough courage to enter, by this time the lighting had reduced to an occasional thunder and was less violent. They all approached the door cautiously constantly moving in an attempt to not be the one in front as if they thought there was a garlic bomb inside, but as far as they knew there could be. None of them knew what to expect on the other side of the door as it could be Vlads good side huddled in a corner emotional destroyed and probably crying or his bad side that would probably try to take his anger out by killing them. Just to be on the safe side as Bertrand opened the door the Count pushed Ingrid inside to make sure he wouldn't be in any danger when he, Bertrand and Wolfie entered. Ingrid glared at her father before all four of them turned their attention to Vlad, who luckily for them was sitting up against his coffin with his knees concealing his head crying his eyes out. The Count moved forward and put an arm around Vlads shoulders in an attempt to comfort him but it was so alien to him he didn't think it helped.

"It's O.k. There, There." The Count said trying to be supportive but it came out slightly patronising. Vlad didn't respond to his father, he just kept his head buried sobbing away. "It's not like it was going anywhere; your immortal, she's not. I'm sure it's for the best." The Count tried again to comfort his son and heir by making light of the situation but when Ingrid hit him he knew he'd gotten it wrong so backed away trying not to exasperate the situation further. It wasn't his fault he told himself; he wasn't good with all this emotional breather stuff. Ingrid took her father's place next to Vlad so she could try.

"You can be the most powerful Vampire in existence but if she wanted to leave there's nothing you could have done. You have to let her go." Ingrid told him surprising kindly and softly. Vlad was a bit surprised at his sisters understanding, it was completely against her normal image and nature but it still didn't help to heal his wounds. Vlad raised his head to look at them with dried tears streaking his face, they all tried to smile at him but they were so fake it only made him feel worse, the only believable one was Wolfies.

"I can't let go of her. I feel so…" Vlad searched for the right word, "Different around her. I feel human." Vlad finished quietly, it was the first time he admitted how different Erin made him feel out loud but it made him feel a tiny bit better to do so.

The Count opened his mouth to protest that feeling human is a bad thing but an evil glare from Ingrid made him stay silent as a grave. The Count thought upon what Vlad said and suddenly he started to remember all the times Vlad had tried to stop himself from transforming, all the times they'd argued about his true vampiric nature. Realization dawned on him he started to understand how special she must have been to him if he could feel so at home around her that he felt he was human. Count Dracula, Prince of Darkness started to find himself feeling sorry for his son but he quickly shook it off before anyone could notice his slight emotional slip, he hadn't been around for over 600 years spreading terror and destruction to get emotional now.

"You'll get over it." He said coldly receiving angry looks from Ingrid but he didn't care, if his son was to rule all vampires he needed to toughen up. The Count quickly sped away before he was targeted with verbal abuse.

"Just give it time, you'll feel better soon." Ingrid promised not wholeheartedly believing her own words, she still hurt over Wills death but Ingrid had just learnt to cover up her pain mainly by inflicting it on others, she silently hoped Vlad wouldn't do the same as him on a vengeance rampage would be horrifically bloody. Vlad could hear the uncertainty in her voice but still hopped it was true as at the moment it felt like the hole Erin had left in his life was too big to ever fill. Ingrid could see he needed more time alone to try and heal so she left too speeding out the room in a blur of black and red.

Bertrand and Wolfie remained unsure what to say or do with Bertrand not being the supportive type and Wolfie being too young to really understand so before Bertrand made his exit he decide to give Vlad a break. "I'll leave you in peace Vladimir Dracula. Training is suspended." Bertrand told him in his formal tone trying to sound as respectful as possible. He had cancelled the training not because he felt sorry for him but more because he didn't want to be in the line of fire when Vlad was this emotionally unstable which could end up being very… fatal. Bertrand started towards the door not bothering to speed when he wheeled back around remembering the condition of Vlads coffin. "I'll send Renfield to fix your coffin."

"Thanks." Was all Vlad could manage to say as he didn't trust himself to say anymore. Bertrand bowed respectfully to him, which was a rare occurrence, before speeding off leaving Vlad and his half-brother alone.

"What's wrong?" Wolfie asked innocently as he sat next to him trying to understand what was happening and why his big brother who normally was so strong was crying.

"Erins gone." Vlad said quietly only just holding back another wave of tears as admitting it out loud seemed to make it worse. Wolfies usual smile that he wore almost all the time because of his childish naivety turned into a frown.

"Why?" Wolfie demanded an explanation from his older brother crossing his arms attempting to intimidate him into telling him. Vlad couldn't help but smile slightly.

"She lost her reason for staying." Vlad said simply hoping Wolfie wouldn't ask too many more questions as it hurt to remind himself of what he'd just lost.

"But she liked you." Wolfie said misunderstanding.

"I liked her too." Vlad said grinning at all the happy memories of Erin and him but hanging his head remembering she was gone. Wolfie moved closer to Vlad and hugged him wrapping his small arms around one of Vlad's.

"I'll miss her." Wolfie stated as he squeezed Vlads arm a little tighter not wanting to lose him too, Erin was like his sister so if she could leave, it meant Vlad could leave and he didn't want that because then he'd be all alone.

"I'll miss her too" Vlad said honestly stroking Wolfie head trying to comfort his brother somewhat, it was strange how comforting someone else made him almost forget his own troubles making him feel better. Somehow where 3 grown vampires with over 1000 years between them had failed, his 5 year old brother had succeeded in managing to make him feel better and that made Vlad look at Wolfie in a new found respect despite his youth.

"Don't worry, Erin will come back." Wolfie said feeling less sad that Erin had left now and even managed a small smile.

"I don't think so." Vlad said hoping he was wrong but if she could leave he didn't see any reason for her to return. Wolfie frowned again slightly as his brothers' negativity, he believed she would come back because he knew how sad his brother was now she was gone so in his mind she had to come back to make him happy again. Vlad could see in his brothers' eyes what he was thinking and simply said "I hope she comes back too."

A/N I'ts not the most exciting start but there we go =). It should hopefully get better later on (fingers crossed xD).