Mari tossed and turned in her bed tormented by her dreams and suppressed memories then she sat up, eyes open, and said in a ghost like whisper as if she was someone else.

"He's coming."

With her words said she fell back asleep. Thunder and lighting struck, the power had gone out so Felix was outside trying to fix the source. While he worked the ground began to shake.

"What the hell is this?"

He began to dig into the spot that shook until he uncovered a coffin. It shook rapidly and insanely until the chains broke and the coffin door flung open. Felix watched a pale young man with dark green eyes rose from it. He glared down at the man and sized him by his throat.

"Why did you unearth me?" He asked. "Do you serve the witch? Do you do this to torment me more?"

"I don't know what you're talking about!" He choked. "I'm just a man who wanted to fix the power."

"Who are you? What is your name?"

"Felix, Felix Agreste."

"Are you of any relation to Adrien Agreste?"

"He was my ancestor! Don't kill me! I have a wife and kids!"

He released him, Felix coughed and gasped for air.

"What do you know about Adrien Agreste?" He asked.

"He...cough!...He disappeared centuries ago. People say he went mad and killed his fiance."

"Lies!"

"Look buddy I never said I believed it."

"Do you know how he died?"

"No one knows."

"Because he didn't."

Felix looked up at him and just now noticed that he was dead ringer to the portrait in his manor.

"Who are you?"

"I am Adrien Agreste and I am a vampire sir." He said. "You need not panic, I mean you no harm in anyway."

"You don't?"

"Of course not we're family and you did free me from my hellish underground prison."

"Wha..What do you want?"

"Merely to live with you in your household considering it was mine originally."

"Um...I...I...I guess it's...um..."

"And to rid our family of our curse."

"Curse?"

"You know of our curse do you not?"

"I have been told since I was a child that the Agreste family has suffered a curse of bad luck and destruction but I never believed it."

"I can assure that our curse is as real as you and I are. Tell of your misfortune because I know you've suffered."

"Well my father and brothers died when I was twelve, my company went out of business, then my mother passed, and there's the fear that my son could be insane and people might take him away."

"I promise you that if someone dares try to take your boy I will personally tear out their throat."

"And you have no intention of hurting us?"

"May I be strapped to a cross, staked in the heart, and left in the sun to burn if I'm lying."

"Uh...fine..but let's keep it a secret?"

"My thoughts exactly now if you don't mind I would like some blood."

Felix's hands went to his neck.

"Calm down I would never drink the blood of anyone in my family but nevertheless I need something to quench my thirst."

His green eyes blazed up in hunger when a rat scurried by. In one swift move he snatched to rodent and drained it of every last drop of blood until it was nothing more than an empty husk. Felix fought the urge to puke then led him back to the manor. The next morning he introduced him to his family as his distant cousin.

"Felix you never mentioned him before." Bridgette said.

"He's very, very, very, distant." He said. "Adrien this is my Bridgette."

Adrien took her hand and kissed it. "Charmed."

"And my children Emilie and Daniel."

"It is a pleasure."

Adrien held his hand out to Daniel who shook it.

"My grandma said you would be coming."

"Daniel we've been through this Grandma is dead." Felix said.

"But she's still here and she told me he would be coming."

"So he can see the dead can he? A marvelous gift you're son is very special." Adrien said making the boy smile. "And your daughter is very lovely."

"He looks weird." Emilie said.

"Emilie! Be polite." Bridgette scolded.

"No. No. It's fine Madame I just have a rare condition."

"How rare?" Chloe asked suspiciously.

"Quite." He said.

She looked up and down his body both with suspicion and lust. He definitely had a good body and handsome features. Without warning she slapped his behind.

"Nice bod."

"Madame! That is uncalled for! Have you no class? A woman should never display such disrespect."

"This is Dr. Bourgeois." Bridgette introduced. "Please forgive her she's a little on the alcoholic side."

"We hired her because my brother's a freak." Emilie said.

"Emilie!"

"A woman doctor, what will the world think of next?" Adrien asked.

"Excuse me?" Chloe asked.

"Women don't really play a big role where he's from." Felix said.

"And where's that?"

"Um...Franquer...Franquerline a small part of land secluded far off from France."

"That's what your going with?" Adrien whispered to him.

"I panicked." He whispered back. "Anyway I'll have Mari set up your room and Nino bring you anything you need. Nino!"

"Yes sir?"

"Get him a drink and send Mari to escort him to his room."

"Alright sir."

He went into the kitchen to prepare a drink then Mari walked into the room to greet the guest. Adrien's eyes lit up in shock when he saw the young woman who looked exactly like he lost love.

"Marinette?" He stared at her like she was a ghost. "You're here...you're...you're alive?"

"I'm sorry do I know?"

"Don't you recognize me?"

"No I've never seen you before."

Adrien felt his heart shatter at her words.

"My apologies you just remind me of someone I lost long ago."

"I'm very sorry to hear that, My name is Mari it's a pleasure to meet you."

She raised her hand to shake, he took it and brought it up to his lips to kiss.

"Enchanted my lady."

Despite Adrien's strange behavior and believe me it was strange, he fit in with the family quite well. Bridgette and Daniel accepted him right away, for Emilie it would take some getting used to, Nino enjoyed serving him, Chloe found him attractive, and Marinette was very confused by him. She liked him but she couldn't help but have a strange familiarity about him but most of the time she just put it out of her thoughts. His goal was to restore Felix's fishing business one problem was that most of the fishing business in France belonged to Miss Rossi.

Knock-konck!

"Coming." Nino opened the door. "May I help you Madame?"

"Yes I wish to speak with Adrien Agreste."

"Who?"

"I think you know, blonde hair, handsome features, green eyes that almost appear cat like."

She walked into the manor uninvited and made her way toward the living room.

"Lila, how many times have I told you not to just waltz in here without permission?" Bridgette said annoyed.

"Oh do lighten up Bridgette not every woman wants to be a stick in the mud like you."

"What do you want? Come to insult my family again."

"Oh Bridgette it's not my fault you married a failure and gave birth to two little monsters."

"You better tell me why you're here before I throw you out." She said. "Headfirst."

"I heard you have a new edition to the family and thought I would introduce myself."

"He's asleep."

"During the day? How odd?"

"What was that infernal banging!" Adrien shouted as he went downstairs.

"Adrien we have a guest." Bridgette said.

"My apologies Madame." He said shaking her hand. "I was just-"

His manner dropped and fury filled his eyes as the woman grinned at him.

"Hello Adrien." She said. "Remember me?" She whispered.

"Bridgette would you mind leaving me to speak with this woman alone?"

"Sure."

Once she was gone Lila pulled him into a kiss in response he shoved her off.

"Keep your god forsakken lips to yourself!"

"My aren't we steamed. I remember you being a lot more laid back."

"Have you any idea what you put me through? You killed the woman I loved! And then cursed me to be this hideous creature!"

"Adrien get over it."

"LOCKED IN A BOX FOR 200 YEARS!"

"Don't exaggerate it was only 196."

"It was an eternity." He growled. "I shall have tried for witchcraft and burned at the stake."

Lila laughed at his words.

"Oh Adrien you always were the naive one, times have changed while you were taking you're little nap. Nobody believes in witchcraft anymore you can thank Salem for that and as for your family well they've pretty much hit rock bottom."

"How dare you cause suffering for my family."

"Hey it wasn't easy for me either, do you know how hard it is to curse a bloodline? I had to make a deal with the devil."

"What did you have to do? Be his whore! Definitely suits you."

"Oh..is this about what I did to your little Virgin Mari..nette? Hmm?"

"You shall not speak her name!"

"Well you'll be happy to know that out of the goodness of my heart I brought her back, of course she did steal my lover so I made sure she lived her new life with such misery."

"Give me one good reason why I shouldn't grab you by your throat and throw you out the window, down a cliff, back to hell from hence you came?"

"Because if you dare lay a finger on me unless I want you to of course I'll just flick my wrist and this manor along with your family goes up in flames."

She headed to the door. "Welcome Adrien. Give me call if you ever need a good time."