Taking Care of My Sister's Daughter
Chapter 2
Margaret carefully stepped into the nursery.
She didn't want to wake her up.
She moved over to the crib and looked.
A beautiful baby with raven black hair was fast asleep.
Margaret smiled and gently ran a finger over the baby's cheek.
The baby was beautiful; she only wished that her sister was here to see it.
She felt a light breeze.
She looked over her shoulder and saw the balcony doors open.
She saw her brother-in-law.
He gave her a small smile and moved over to the crib.
"Peek-a-boo."
The little baby broke out crying.
Margaret slapped Dracula's arm.
"Why did you scare that baby?"
Dracula shook his head.
"I didn't mean to frighten her."
Margaret turned her attention back to the baby.
She picked up the small infant and held her close to her heart.
Margaret ran her fingers through the baby's short raven hair.
"I'm so sorry he scared you, my dear, little one."
Margaret gently rocked the young infant in her arms.
Hush, little vampire, don't say a word.
Auntie's gonna bite the head off a bird.
Mavis laughed and grabbed the silver bat charm that dangled from her aunt's necklace.
Margaret smiled and kissed the little vampire's forehead.
Margaret stood back and watched her brother-in-law changed Mavis' diaper.
He cheated by using magic.
Dracula threw away the dirty diaper and handed Mavis to her aunt.
Mavis grabbed one of her aunt's long fingers.
"Your daddy cheated."
"Hey!"
Margaret looked at Dracula.
"Well, you did."
She only got an eye roll from him.
She laughed, because he knew she was right.
Margaret and Dracula were standing side by side going over plans for their big project.
"It's nice, but a little more square footage."
The monster architect looked at Margaret, then to Dracula.
"I agree with Dracula. We plan on having alot of monsters here."
The architect flipped the pencil and erased the square design.
Some drool fell from the ceiling and landed on the blue prints.
The three older monsters looked up and saw baby Mavis on the ceiling.
Margaret smiled.
"What are you doing up there, my sweet little blood orange?"
Mavis laughed and fell right into her aunt's arms.
Margaret was in the parlor on the couch with a good book in her hands.
As soon as she flipped the page she heard the sound of her niece laughing.
Margaret looked up from her book and saw Mavis on her fake horse.
"I'm going to get you, little Mavis! I'm going to get you!"
Margaret saw Dracula trying to catch little Mavis, but he was getting tired.
Mavis looked out the open door, dropping her fake horse to the floor.
She looked at her aunt.
"What out there, Auntie?"
Margaret put down her book and went over to her niece.
She picked her up.
Dracula came over to Margaret and she handed Mavis over to him.
"We never go out there."
Mavis looked at her aunt.
"Why, Auntie?"
"Because, it's not safe, little mouse."
Margaret and Dracula walked back to put Mavis in her crib, but Mavis was too busy looking out the open door.
Mavis was sitting on Margaret's lap, while Dracula was reading a story for Mavis.
"The humans forced the monsters to leave the village."
Margaret watched as Mavis' grip got tighter on her blanket.
"But, Harry the Human jumped out from under their bed."
"I'm scared!"
Mavis covered her mouth with her blanket.
"Burned their clothes. And bit their toes."
Margaret pinched Mavis' big toe.
"And took their candy!"
Mavis jumped out of her aunt's lap and hid under her bed.
Margaret breathed a laugh and looked under the bed.
"Don't let them take my candy, auntie."
"Oh, sweet fangs, there's nothing you have to worry about. Your daddy and I promised your mom we would protect you forever."
Mavis smiled and crawled out from under the bed.
Margaret picked up the young vampire and put her on her lap.
Dracula smiled and pulled out his ukulele.
He started playing a few chords.
My beautiful May-vay
Let me wipe all your poop away
Those humans are nas-tay
So, with Daddy and Auntie you will stay
And if a human tries to harm you I'll simply say
Dracula bearded his fangs, his eyes glowed red and he growled.
Because your Daddy and Auntie's little girl
Daddy and Auntie's girl
We're your Daddy and your Auntie
Mavis was standing on the edge of her bed wearing a pink helmet.
Margaret and Dracula were kneeling a few inches from the edge of the bed.
"Bend your legs and push off."
Mavis try, but fell to the floor.
Margaret was over to Mavis in a matter of minutes.
She picked up the little vampire in her arms.
She saw the tears in the little vampire eyes.
Margaret wiped the tears from her niece's eyes.
"It's okay, little mouse. It takes a few tries."
She placed the little vampire back on the edge of her bed, again.
Margaret backed away from the bed.
"Bend your legs and push off. Trust us, little mouse."
Mavis bended her legs and pushed off the bed.
Margaret was scared she was going to fall to the floor, but she transformed into a little bat.
Margaret and Dracula stood up.
Mavis flew around her father and her aunt.
"Look at me! I can fly! I can fly!"
"You're doing it, sweet fangs!"
"Faster, baby! Faster!"
Margaret and Dracula transformed into bats and flew around the room with Mavis.
"Excuse me, sir and ma'am."
Margaret and Dracula stopped and looked at the zombie architect.
"What? What?"
Mavis hit a wall.
Margaret looked at her little niece.
"Are you all right, my little voodoo doll?"
"I'm okay, auntie."
"It's ready."
Margaret and Dracula followed the zombie architect onto a stone balcony.
"So, it's safe for monsters?"
"Absolutely, Lady Margaret. There 400 acres of haunted ground and the land of the undead. Any human that comes around will leave right quick."
"But, of course, be smart. No fireworks or bonfires."
Drac waved his hand.
"Yeah, yeah. I get it. No fireworks or bonfires."
Dracula and Margaret looked back at the picture of him, her, Martha and baby Mavis.
Dracula picked up the picture.
Margaret watched the way Dracula looked at the picture.
She put a hand on his shoulder.
He looked from the picture.
He smiled at his sister-in-law.
"We fulfilled our promise to Martha."
He gave a small nod of his head and looked back to the picture.
"No one will harm Mavis here."
Margaret gave a small nod of her head, before she looked at the picture.
Mavis was holding one of her aunt's hand and one of her father's hand.
The family of three walked into the front doors of the castle hotel.
