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Robin's POV

On our way back from the cabaret, we dropped the strange man off at the train station like he asked. After that, we went home and I quickly ran up to my room. I didn't feel like dealing with my happy and joyful family any longer.

As I was sitting in my room watching TV, I kept thinking I was forgetting something. But when I thought about it I began to get a massive headache. What if it was Important? Well if it was then I'm sure I would figure it out later. I soon turned off the TV and went to sleep.

School was dreadful the next day. It always was. But for the first time ever, Vlad wasn't there. He had perfect attendance. Maybe he was sick. After school I decided I would get Chloe and we would go up to the castle to check up on him.

"Hello! Anyone home?" I shouted after knocking on the door 20 times.

"Robin stop!" Chloe tried to reason. "They're not home. Maybe something came up and they had to leave town."

"Vlad would have told me." At least I figured he would.

"Come on. Let's go home. I need to go with dad to get dinner and we both have homework to do."

I finally agreed. To the going home part. I really didn't care about the homework.

After we got home Chloe went with dad and I went up to my room. When I got up there, I had a feeling like I was being watched. I looked out the window but saw nothing. Just streetlights flickering.

I went over to my desk to start another drawing. After about 5 minutes the doorbell rang.

"Robin," called my mother. "Come down. We have a guest."

I walked down stairs and saw Vlad's sister Ingrid.

"What are you doing here?" I asked.

"I can't stop by and say hello?" She replied.

"Robin, don't be so rude," mom said. "Now show Ingrid into the living room. While I put on some tea."

"This way," I pointed to the door.

I just sat there uncomfortably while my mom went on talking. The twins just sat there staring at Ingrid. I felt jealous of Chloe for not having to be here right now. I liked Ingrid, but something about her just didn't feel right.

After about a half hour, mom finally stood up and took the tray to the kitchen to wash.

"Let me help you with that," Ingrid insisted.

While the both of them got up and went to the kitchen, I looked over to my two idiot brothers, "Will you guys ever give up? The only reason she ever hung out with you two losers is because you did whatever she wanted."

"Hey!" They shouted.

Ian then said, "Unless you ever get a girlfriend, shut up!"

Paul opened his mouth to back him up, but we were interrupted by a scream that came from the kitchen.

The three of us ran into the kitchen. Ingrid had mom cornered.

"What are you doing?!" I shouted.

Ingrid turned to us and hissed. The scary part was that she had fangs in her mouth, and somehow I knew this wasn't a joke. They were real and she was a Vampire! I knew that but I didn't. My headache started to come back and everyone else didn't look much better.

"Get away from me!" Mom screamed.

Ingrid laughed, "Sorry, but you brought this on yourselves."
What was she talking about?

"Were back!" Dad called from the front door.

"Dad! Don't…" Ingrid appeared next to me and covered my mouth.

Dad walked in carrying a few boxes of pizza in his hands, "Who's hungry!"

He froze when he saw us. Chloe stood next to him with a shocked look on her face.

"What's going on here?" Dad asked.

I pulled away from Ingrid, "Dad run!" Ingrid grabbed my shoulders and threw me to the floor. "Don't you dare say another word," she pointed at me.

"Robin!" mom shouted.

I sat up giving Ingrid the most treating glare I could. It didn't seem to faze her though.

Chloe's POV

What was happening? None of this made sense. I felt like this had something to do with what happened last night, but what happened last night? I couldn't remember. When I tried I would get a headache.

Ingrid was focused on Robin, "Breathers are so weak." She walked over and pulled him up by his throat, "This is going to hurt a lot." She pulled his head to the side to fully expose his neck. Robin closed his eyes and braced himself.

I quickly took a slice of pizza from my dad and threw it at Ingrid. I had no idea how I knew that would do anything but it did. It hit her in the face and she let go of Robin. She threw the pizza off of her and left behind was a burn mark from the garlic that soon disappeared.

"Run!" I shouted.

We all rushed to the front door, but it was no good. Ingrid appeared in front of us when we just reached the middle of the living room.

Ingrid looked right at me, "You're going to pay for that you little maggot."

I grabbed a vase that was sitting next to me and chucked it at her, but she saw it coming this time and knocked it aside.

She stepped toward me but my dad got in her way, "You stay away from my family you monster! If you want me you can, but leave them alone!"

Ingrid just laughed at him, "You don't get it. I need you all dead. As soon as Vlad finds out his favorite family of breathers are gone, then he'll come back and I can give what that runt what he disserves."

I don't know what Vlad had done, but it didn't matter. If I couldn't think of a way out of this then our lives are over.

Suddenly, just as she was about to sink her teeth into my dad's neck, the front door fell over. The man we gave a ride to last night, Kurt, was standing in our living room with a crossbow pointed at Ingrid, "Take one bite, and you'll be joining you're boyfriend in hell."

Ingrid hissed at him, turned into a bat and flew out the door. I looked over at Kurt with gratitude, but confusion, "What just happen?" I asked.

"Don't worry about that right now," he replied. "I need to get you all out of here. For some reason you folks are a target."

"Where are we going?" Mom asked.

"I can't say right now, but be safe."

I looked at Robin to see what he though. He gave me a nod and looked at dad. Dad took moms hand and said, "The we'll go with you."

"All right then," Kurt nodded. "Let's go and I'll explain what I can on the way."

Without another word from anyone, we followed him out and to a large black van. I looked back at the house wondering when, and if we will ever be back.