CHAPTER ONE
"Here we are again, I feel the chemicals kicking in,
It's getting heavy and I wanna run and hide, I wanna run and hide.'
-Neon Trees, Animal
"Johnny, this is amazing." Mavis whispered as she leaned her head on her boyfriend's shoulder.
"Yeah..." Johnathan grinned as his arm encircled Mavis. Far in front of them, the stage was surrounded by screaming fansas the lead singer sang out the lyrics to his song.
"Oh, my girl smells so sweet,
Especially as I pull her close to me.
As I pull her in, we share a kiss,
A kiss I'd rather die then to miss."
"This is pretty amazing." Johnathon planted a kiss on top of Mavis's head. "The last time I was here, this guy threw a shoe at the main singer, but he accidently hit me instead, and I was like, hey dude, not cool, but then he tried to stab me with a banana, so the security dudes dragged him out..."
Mavis sighed. She loved Johnny so much, but his nonsensical drabble seemed almost endless. Out of the corner of her eye, she saw a bright star whiz across the sky.
"Look, a shooting star." Mavis said, hoping to distract her boyfriend. "Make a wish sweetie."
"What do I need to wish for?" Johnathon, grinned at a beaming Mavis. They leaned in about to kiss, but out of nowhere, a hooded man knocked the couple over and sent both of them to the ground.
"Hey!" Johnathon helped Mavis up and glared at the man's retreating back. "Not cool man!" He yelled.
Mavis looked annoyed. "What a jerk! What's his hurry anyway?"
"Yeah!" Johnathon glowered at the ground. Then something caught his attention. "Oooo, popcorn." Jonathon wandered off, followed by Mavis, who was silently wondering about her boyfriend's attention span.
"Are you going to get popcorn?" Mavis asked.
"Yeah..." Jonathon rummaged through his pockets and stopped. He began to frantically empty out his pockets.
"What's wrong? Did you lose something?" Mavis said worriedly.
"My wallet's gone!" Jonathon cried.
"What?" Mavis's eyes narrowed. "The guy who bumped into us! He must've taken it!"
Jonathon groaned. "Dang it! That's the third time this month!"
Mavis used her vampire vision to scan the crowd until she saw the hooded figure.
"There!" Mavis yelled, and took off, dragging Jonathon behind her, who could barely keep up with her semi-super speed.
They followed the mysterious man out of the stadium and into the cold night. Weaving through the trees, Mavis was having a hard time keeping up with him. Finally, she saw him get in a car.
"Oh no you don't!" Mavis growled, and sped straight towards him, leaving Johnathon frantically trying to catch up with her.
The girl sped toward the hooded figure, closer...closer...
She was almost on him when he suddenly opened the door and stepped back.
"Whoah!" Mavis yelped. Going too fast to stop at this point, she skidded into the car. The hooded man closed the door as soon as she was inside.
"Hey! You can't kidnap my girlfriend!" Johnathon yelled, running up to the man. "Put 'em up!" He waved his fists threatenly.
The hooded man just grabbed him and tossed him in next to Mavis.
"Let us go!" Mavis screamed as Johnathon banged on the window.
"Calm down child." A soothing voice floated from the front seat of the car. Mavis and Johnathon stopped making noise and turned to face her.
She had short, wavy brown hair streaked with gray. Her dress looked like a witch's, long and purple and myserious-like. A green brooch decorated her neck, and her face, though streaked with wrinkles, was extremely pretty. But it was her eyes that gave both Mavis and Johnathon a sense of deja-vu. Where had they seen those eyes before?
The man got into the driver's seat, and moaned something unillegible to the woman.
"No Louie, you got the right ones." The woman said, not taking her eyes off Mavis. "She has her father's eyes."
Jonathon gasped. Mavis's eyes widened. "What do you know about my father?" Mavis asked worriedly.
"It's all right." The woman laughed. When she laughed, the couple behind her saw her glistening white fangs. They relaxed, but only a little in fear she was still a threat.
"I mean you no harm." The woman said. "My name is Rossete. This is Louie." The man next to her pulled down his hood and grinned at Mavis and Jonathon. They saw a sweet, portly looking zombie face.
"Arroooooh." Louie moaned.
"Hi." Mavis waved cautiously.
"Hit it Louie." Rossete ordered. Louie pressed his foot on the gas pedal and they took off.
"I apologize for the whole steal-Jonathon's-wallet thing." Rossete said. "I'm afraid it was the only way to get your attention. Especially since I need you to do something for me."
"Like what?" Johnathon asked.
Rossete's face darkened. "Mavis, just out of curiousity, how much has your father told you about his past?"
Mavis frowned. "Nothing much."
"Well what do you know?" Rossete pressed on.
"Well, when I asked, my father told me that his aunt raised him when his parents died. Oh! And she also adopted Uncle Frank when they were both teenagers, after Dr. Frankenstein was killed by an angry mob."
"You never told me that." Jonathon muttered.
"Sorry." Mavis apologized. "It's kinda a touchy subject for my dad. He doesn't like talking about his parents."
"Figures he would say that." Rossete muttered, utterly ignoring them both. "He was always a stubborn one."
"What?" Mavis stared at Rossete for a while.
"Nothing dear." Rossete showed her fangs again, but that turned into a frown again. Then she leaned close into the couple's faces, making them jump.
"Listen to me." Rossete commanded. "What I am about to tell you is extremely important. You must swear not to tell this information to random passerbys. Only to your close friends and family. The fate of not only all monsters is at stake here, but the fate of the world as we know it. Understood?"
Mavis and Johnathon exchanged glances. This was getting weird now.
"I am not just a vampire." Rossete continued. "I am a sorceress. I am a magician. But above all, I am a seer, and what I have recently seen is something that will either mark the beginning of a new world...or it will end it." She paused, and continued. "Do you swear to guard this information with your life?"
Not wanting to get on the lady's nerves, Johnathon nodded quickly. So did Mavis.
"Good. Now listen closely." Rossete's eyes never left the couple. "Mavis, your father is in grave danger."
Jonathon snorted. "Drac? No way!"
"We're talking about my father, right? The great Count Dracula?" Mavis asked, not believing Rossete for a second. "Ma'am, I'm totally taking you seriously, but you do know who my father is, right? After the stories I've heard from Uncle Frank and Uncle Murray, I don't think my father is totally helpless." Mavis tried to put it as gently as she could, but Rossete's face still looked angry.
"Of course. I never said Dracula was helpless! In fact, he's the opposite! But I'm telling you the truth. Count Dracula, however great he may be, is in such grave peril that his entire hotel is at risk."
"The entire...hotel?" Mavis whispered, now starting to take Rossete seriously. "But-does that mean everyone IN the hotel is in danger? Uncle Frank, Uncle Wayne and Aunt Wanda, Uncle Murray and Uncle Griffith, all the werewolf kids, everybody? And Dad..." Mavis trailed off, thinking of all her loved ones in her father's hotel.
"Everybody." Rossete whispered. Johnathon's jaw dropped. Mavis felt more scared then she ever had in her entire 118 years of living. If this lady was for real...Mavis didn't even want to think about it.
"That's why I need your help." Rossete said. "Dracula is the only one who can stop the invasion-"
"Invasion?!" Mavis cried.
"Calm down child! Yes, our enemy will come and invade your father's hotel, on the night of Halloween, three days before the Blood Moon. The Blood Moon only happens every four hundred years or so, and it is the night that all vampires are the most powerful. It is declared that that will be the night that Dracula will overthrow the greatest enemy of monsters and humans alike, ending a powerful curse that has kept humans and monsters apart for thousands of years. Hotel Transylvania, on the night of Halloween, will be occupiedby almost every monster in the world. And that is where our enemy will strike."
"Woah." Jonathon said numbly.
"Indeed."
"But why do you need our help?" Mavis asked. "Halloween's in a week! If you know this, why can't you come and warn Dad
about the invasion?"
"I am...not welcome." Rossete said bitterly. "I don't think your father even wanted you to meet me. I don't think he'll believe me if I told him about this myself. That's where you two come in. You must go to the Hotel, warn Dracula, and gather all the monsters there and prepare them for war. You are Dracula's beloved daughter, Mavis. He should listen to you."
"Why wouldn't he listen to you?" Johnathon asked.
Rossete paused. It felt like forever when she finally answered, and when she did, she had tears in her eyes. "Dracula..." She began. "Is more scarred than both of you know. What is coming will put him through an nightmare he never wanted to ever come. He knew it was coming, but he may not choose to believe it. Here." She pulled out a thick envelope with Dracula's name written in wavyhandwriting. "Give this to him. It will...remind him what's at stake. It will also offer you a guide to what's going on."
Mavis took the envelope, thinking about what Rossete had just said.
"Who's the enemy?" Jonathon broke the silence. "I mean, who's plotting the invasion?"
"Dracula will know." Rossete answered firmly.
Suddenly, the car swerved. Louie started moaning frantically. Rossete cursed under her breath.
"We're out of time!" She cried. "He's already trying to stop us!"
"Who?" Mavis gasped.
"I can't explain any more! You need to go, now!"
"But my backpack!" Johnathon cried.
"It's either your backpack or the world! You must leave!" Rossete rummaged through her pockets and pulled out some pink, glittery dust. "Good luck!" Rossete cried, and blew the dust on the couple. Neither of them had time to say anything before the dust swirled around them, dissapearing them from view, until they vanished.
Louie moaned. Rossete took a deep breath, knowing her enemy had gone. As soon as Mavis and Johnathon had gone. That worried her deeply.
"Oh Vladdie." She murmured. "Why have you kept your past a secret? I mean, I know why, but...why?"
A/N-Okay, new chapter. I hope this is easier to read then the last one, I don't know why the last chapter looked all weird. Thanks to MegsyJ98 for being so sweet and my first reviewer! I hope you all liked the added Mavis and Johnny fluff, I had to add it! And btw, I know it's a little confusing, but bear with me people!
