Author note: Second chapter is up now guys, i'll be updating when I can! So enjoy :)

Renaissance Fair -Wisconsin

Laura hadn't seen Carmilla this excited before, it was nice to see the vampire feeling positively about something especially after the year they'd all had. For a while Carmilla became a fluent tour guide giving them all an in-depth history lesson on the Renaissance period. They all hung off of her every word, even Danny had to admit that it was pretty interesting listening to how eloquently Carmilla spoke.

After an hour or so of Carmilla guiding them they split off to individually look around leaving Laura and Carmilla to continue the tour. Laura couldn't help but smile when Carmilla gripped her hand and pulled her over to a stand which contained replica medieval swords. Laura couldn't resist the urge to snap a picture of her girlfriend brandishing the sword earning her a playful scowl from Carmilla.

Everywhere she turned Laura could see people dressed as knights, coated in armour, swords clashing everywhere. It was so different to anywhere Laura had ever been, Gaelic music being played as they walked round hand in hand. Carmilla always loved the Renaissance period and she could tell that Laura was amazed which made her happy. The vampire looked around at all of the hand crafted pottery, the kids getting their face painted, families taking pictures and then at her girlfriend who had big wide eyes filled with hope and innocence.

'Oh my gosh! Carm look, horses!'

'They're for the jousting tournament Cupcake'

'That's so cool! Thank you for bringing us here Carm'

Carmilla ducked her head as Laura leaned in, placing a soft kiss on the vampire's cheek a rare blush forming on Carmilla's cheeks. She gave Laura a soft smile before they came across another stall full of Jewellery and handmade scarves.

Laura let go of Carmilla's hand as she searched through the stall, looking in amazement at all of the items. It wasn't long before she felt a soft hand on her shoulder, turning to see Carmilla clutching a beaded bag.

'What have you got in the bag there Carm?'

'It's a secret Cupcake'

'We don't have secrets, tell meeeee' she gave Carmilla her famous pout which made Carmilla chuckle lightly before she lightly pecked Laura's lips. When they pulled apart Laura could see the smirk.

'If I tell you, I'll lose my air of mystery won't I?'

She winked suggestively at the girl before she walked towards another crowded stall.

After a lot of browsing and looking through some old antiques and medieval items they found the others all clutching gifts of their own. Perry had acquired a nice pottery set, whilst Danny had bought a wooden sword and some sugared popcorn. Lafontaine had somehow managed to find a miniature catapult. Finally they managed to go for food after having to drag Laura away from the area where people (kids mainly) were having their face painted.

Together they all sat on a round table in the Olde Knights Tavern. Perry offered to go up to order for people and what surprised them all even more was that Carmilla actually went up to help her.

'Thank you for offering to help me Carmilla'

Perry gave the vampire a nervous smile relaxing when the vampire gave her a half smile in return.

When they actually went to order, Carmilla had already handed the waiter her money before Perry could even attempt at arguing. She would have paid but seeing the stern look Carmilla gave her made her stay silent.

...

The two returned with a variety of different foods and several glasses of ale which Carmilla was already drinking. Danny looked at Carmilla who raised her eyes challengingly looking down at her glass then at Danny's. Suddenly Danny's face lit up as she pushed aside all of the drinks apart from hers and Carmilla's.

'Loser buys the next round'

'Well I thank you in advance for buying my drink Xena'

'Big talk there dead girl, put your money where your mouth is'

Laura watched excitedly as Carmilla and Danny began chugging their ale at an alarming speed, for a second Laura worried that Carmilla might choke but then she remembered that Vampires can't die!

Several rounds of ale later and they headed to the jousting arena. Lafontaine and Perry were pretty sober whilst the other three were on their way to being tipsy. Laura sat down beckoning wobbly for Carmilla who sat down graciously or as gracious as you can for someone who had consumed more than their fair share of ale. Danny moved to sit on the other side of Laura when she was stopped by Carmilla.

'No way Clifford, get your own girlfriend to sit with' her speech was slurred slightly but she still shot an angry glare at Danny.

'Laura tell your vampire that I can sit down'

'Oh you can sit down Xena just not next to Cupcake here' She made a show of nudging Laura and moving to wrap her arm around the girl's waist, a smug grin appearing on her face when Laura started peppering sloppy kisses on her neck.

'You're welcome to sit next to me Xena but don't think I'm sharing any of my cookies'

'Carm they're MY cookies!'

'Shush Cupcake, I'm talking to Xena' Lafontaine couldn't help but laugh when they saw Carmilla clamp her hand over Laura's mouth, this is incredibly amusing they thought to themselves.

After a long day they all managed to make it back to the van where within seconds they'd all fallen asleep, even Carmilla.

Whilst watching the jousting tournament both Carmilla and Danny had gotten incredibly competitive ending up with Danny challenging Carmilla to a sword fight. Being both drunk and angry definitely wasn't the best combination however for everyone else it was pretty entertaining.

A few hours earlier...

'I'm going to whip your ass so hard Karnstein you'll be sobbing into your soy milk container'

'Would you like that Xena?'

'No that's not what I meant!'

'Don't worry you're not my type'

'Ladies please people are staring, if we could all just go back to the mini-van...'

'Let them fight it out Per, it'll be fine' They gave her a reassuring pat on the back carefully rubbing her shoulders to try to ease the tension building up within her body.

'This is not fine! This is not normal Sus...Lafontaine.'

'Pewwwwwy, it's okaaaaaaay. I have my very own knights in shining armour!' Laura was pretty much shouting due to the fact that she was a light weight and apparently seeing her girlfriend fighting her almost ex something was a delight.

Perry looked to see Carmilla and Danny circling one another before taking a few steps back to stand in position. Laura clapped enthusiastically blowing a kiss to Carmilla before moving to stand in the middle of the two.

'On carddddddd!'

'I think you mean on guard L'

With this Laura jumped out of the way with a high pitched squeak as Carmilla charged at Danny. Swords flying in the air as the two drunkenly battled, Carmilla was a lot more skilled then Danny but the redhead put up an admirable fight. Their trash got progressively worse.

'You suck dead girl, are you sure you're a vampire?!'

'At least I'm not a talking totem pole!'

For the next 10 minutes Laura whooped for Carmilla, chanting her name and when Carmilla finally knocked the sword out of Danny's hand she did what Lafontaine would guess was a victory dance of some sort as she wiggled on the spot excitedly as Carmilla bowed.

Carmilla then turned to Danny extending a hand to help her up. Danny was met with a smug smirk and the usual snarky response.

'Better look next time Xena'

Carmilla woke up with a banging head, after 334 years her hangovers never got any easier. When she stirred she heard a groan from Danny and a mumble from Laura. Opening her eyes fully she saw Perry hovering with bottles of water and some aspirin for the trio. They groggily accepted all pretty silent other than the groans of pain that managed to slip out.

It was a slow recovery for the trio which seemed to satisfy Perry who had lectured them all on the right kind of behaviour. Laura apologized a lot, as did Danny but Carmilla just shrugged and the familiar smirk appeared on her face.

The smirk was wiped off later when Lafontaine showed them all a video they had taken of Carmilla and Danny's sword fight, all three were incredibly embarrassed and without saying a word Carmilla set off on the road to their next destination. One that Carmilla was not looking forward to...