David, Hunter, and Tori arrived at the airport just as it turned dark, suitcases in hand.
"You guys here, for the fest?" A random man asked.
"Fest?" Hunter asked.
"Moonlight Mania, the greatest monster festival of all time! They have it every year to honor the beast." The man said.
"The beast?" Hunter asked confused.
"The Wolfsberg werewolf protector. A werewolf who protects the town, from vampires." Jade said coming up and standing next to the guy.
"Jade?" Hunter and Tori asked surprised. Jade smirked in response, bowing.
"At your service." Jade said her eyes lighting up as they landed on Tori.
"What are you doing here? Are you stalking me?" Tori asked pulling Jade over to the side, leaving her father and brother to talk to that guy. Jade looked around hesitantly.
"As hot as that sounds, I was kidnapped by this crazy vampire lady and her stupid henchman. I blacked out, and when I woke up I was in a dumpster with a stake in my stomach." Jade whispered.
"Is it still in there? Are you hurt?" Tori asked looking at Jade's stomach. Jade smirked.
"Aww, you're worried about little ol' me." Jade said in a 1950's western acent.
"I don't talk like that! And of course I'm worried about you, we kind of had sex." Tori said saying the last part so low that if Jade wasn't a vampire she wouldn't have heard it.
"Sex, that was so rudely interrupted." Jade said with a smirk. Tori blushed. David hailed a taxi, to which it stopped just in front of him.
"Tori! Tell your friend goodbye, we have to go." David called to Tori as he put their suitcases in the trunk of the town car that came to the family up. Tori looked at Jade uncertainly.
"Go. I'll find you, later." Jade said grabbing Tori's hand and squeezing it reassuringly.
"But what about you? Aren't those vampires going to come after you or something?" Tori asked.
"I'll be fine. Geez Vega you need to keep your emotions in check one day you hate me, the next we have interrupted sex, and now you're all lovey dovey." Jade teased. Tori punched her in the shoulder playfully. Both girls chuckled.
"Tori, let's gooo!" David called sticking his head out of the car. Tori waited until her dad was fully back into the car before pecking Jade's cheek and running to the car. Jade touched her cheek, with a small smile on her face. Jade scoffed.
'This girl is making me soft.' She thought. Jade at the taxi as it drove away getting an uneasy feeling in her stomach. She looked around the airport. It had been a few decades since she had visited Wolfsberg. She wanted to keep it that way, since her parents were killed by the Beast in the war.
"Might as well, follow Vega, Satan knows what she's gonna get herself into." Jade said straightening out her black, leather jacket. She looked carefully around one last time before following the taxi, that the Vegas were in.
(Later at Dragomir's castle)
Madame Varcolac stood in front of David, Tori, and Hunter with an eerie look on her face.
"Uh, hello. I'm David Vega, you must be-"
"I am Madame Varcolac." Madame Varcolac said interrupting David, with a heavy German accent. The four stood in awkward silence for awhile.
"You vill vollow me." Madame Varcolac commanded straightening out her clothes and leading the Vega family. She lead them quietly up the stairs.
"So have you lived here long?" David asked as they assent the stairs. Madame Varcolac growled a little and rolled her eyes, before ignoring his question and continued going up the stairs, with the Vegas following close behind. She lead them through a long corridor. She swiftly turned on her heel and faced them. Cause David to almost smack into her.
"Voy, girl. Your rooms this vay." Madame Varcolac said taking a laser pointer and pointing to the the double doors at the other end of the hallway.
"Vather, you that vay." She continued facing the other side of the hallway pointing to the double doors at that end.
"Have vne (one) rule, stay in vroom at night, lock door." Madame Varcolac warned.
"Actually that's two rules." Hunter corrected. Tori elbowed him in the ribs.
"Hunter don't argue with Madame Varcolac." David said showing the fear in his voice., but having a shy smile on his face. Madame Varcolac stared dryly at three of them, as she cracked her neck. David turned to his children.
"Okay go to bed." He said with a nervous smile. Tori and Hunter quickly walked to their door. Hunter went to his room and Tori to hers shutting the door behind her.
"Took you long enough, Vega." Jade said from Tori's new bed, she was laying there with her arms folded behind her head and staring up at the ceiling.
"Jade? How did you get in here?" Tori asked dragging her suit case over to the bed.
"I have my vampire ways," Jade said with a smirk.
"Oh." Tori responded sitting on the edge of the bed.
"That and you're window was unlocked." Jade said pointing to Tori's window. Tori looked at the window for a moment, before getting up and locking it.
"Ah, Vega. You're too full of fear and worry." Jade teased. Tori rolled eyes.
"How do you know my last name anyway? When we met I said my name was Tori." Tori asked looking at Jade suspiciously. Jade sat up putting her feet on the floor. She walked around Tori's room examining every piece of furniture carefully.
"I've been watching you for some years now. From the moment you were born a connection between you and I was made. I haven't been able to stay away. So I watched you grow into the young woman you are now. Very beautiful, and intelligent. That Cort guy didn't know what he was missing out on." Jade said looking at a bookshelf.
"Okay, I'm gonna pretend all that you just said wasn't creepy. How old are you?" Tori asked.
"Well, I was born in 1200, I was turned in 1217." Jade answered, turning around to face Tori.
"Why don't I feel as attached to you as you feel to me?" Tori asked.
"Geez what is this 21 questions? Sometimes the connection is one sided, but I don't think that's the case here. Like I said I know you want me just as much as I want you. No matter how much you deny it." Jade said.
"But you're like 90 something." Tori whined.
"Actually, I'm 813. If we're being specific that is." Jade said.
"Ugh! Whatever I'm going to sleep, I'm really tired." Tori said standing up and through her suitcase. She found some pajamas and put them on. Tori crawled into bed, sliding under the covers. She closed her eyes and let out a peaceful sigh. She turned on her side only to have her nose brush up against something. She opened her eyes to see Jade laying next to her.
"Jade, what are you doing?" Tori mumbled.
"Trying to go to sleep, what are you doing?" Jade mumbled through closed eyelids. Tori sighed in frustration before going to sleep.
(Next Morning)
Tori woke up to an empty bed. She scanned her room to find it empty(well besides the furniture) as well.
"Jade?" Tori called out softly.
"Jade." She called a little louder.
"Jade!" She called again.
"You called?" Jade said floating upside down in front of Tori. Tori gasped and studied Jade.
"Are you floating? How are you doing that? Can you turn into a bat also?" Tori asked spitting several questions at the vampire. Jade shut her eyes tight, then re-opened them.
"First things first, no questions until I get some coffee." Jade said blinking her sleepy eyes.
"But you're a vampire, you don't eat or drink anything unless its blood." Tori said confused.
"Just because I can't digest it doesn't mean I can't ingest it. Now lets go, Vega! Get your human ass outta bed and go make me some coffee." Jade said as she quit floating and plopped down on Tori's bed. Tori raised an eyebrow at her.
"Please?" Jade grumbled after a few minutes of Tori staring at her. Tori smiled triumphantly as she got dressed into normal, casual, clothes.
"And also I don't want to sit in here all day so, met me outside with the coffee. We're going into town." Jade with a mischievous smirk on her face.
"But what about the sun?" Tori asked.
"I go out in the sun, all the time I'll be fine." Jade assured her. Tori smiled as she skipped down the steps and into the kitchen.
"Sit." Madame Varcolac instructed pointing to a chair at the table.
"That's fine I'm just going to get some coffee-"
"Sit." Madame Varcolac said more firmly.
"Sitting." Tori said in defeat as she sat down in a chair next to her brother. Madame Varcolac left the kitchen, returning a few moments later with a covered dish in her hands.
"Oh, before you open that you should know that I don't eat-"
"Bagels and cream cheese, Dragomir's favorite." Madame Varcolac said taking the top off the dish and interrupting Tori. Madame Varcolac turned to leave the kitchen.
"Uh, Madame Varcolac. We're going into town after breakfast, is there anything you need?" Tori asked.
"I give you list." Madame Varcolac answered.
"Is there an Internet cafe? I need to get online." Hunter said.
"Ve (we) have vorld vide (world wide) Internet here, voy." Madame Varcolac answered.
"You do?" Hunter asked cocking his head to the side.
"Da." Madame Varcolac said. She threw the keys to David before leaving the kitchen.
(After Breakfast)
Jade was leaning up against the stone wall, that seperated the castle from the rest of the town. The Dragomir castle sent shivers and bad feelings all through her body.
"Stupid werewolves." Jade muttered. Tori followed by David and Hunter exited the castle.
"Morning Jade." Tori said cheerfully as she handed Jade a mug filled with coffee. Jade smirked.
"Morning." Jade replied.
"Jade." Hunter acknowledged the girl. There was an edge to his voice. He didn't like Jade, she gave him an uneasy feeling.
"Hunter." Jade said in a dull tone, while she rolled her eyes and sipped the coffee. David looked at the girl oddly.
"I'm sorry but, who are you?" David asked politely.
"Why, I'm Jadelyn West, and I've come to ask for your daughter's hand in marriage." Jade said in her 1950's accent, grabbing Tori's hand in her own and swinging their hands back and forth. David's eyes popped out of his head and his eyebrows shot up.
"She's kidding dad! And I don't talk like that." Tori said poking Jade in her side.
"Oh well, I'm David." David said extending his hand towards Jade as he recovered from his shock. Jade just looked at his out stretched hand.
"Yeah, I don't do human interaction." Jade said taking a swig of the coffee. David awkwardly dropped his hand to his side.
"So do you need a ride into town with us?" David asked. Jade just simply nodded.
(In town)
Jade, Tori, and Hunter walked through the crowded, and busy town.
"Dud, this place is awesome!" Hunter said excitedly.
"Yeah, I'm gonna go watch the butcher slaughter things." Jade said as she started to walk away.
"Noooo, we have a list so no detours." Tori said grabbing Jade by her arm and pulling her back to her side.
"Uhhhhhh-huhhhhhh!" Jade groaned/whined. The three went into the market, Hunter going off to look at the different herbs and spices while Jade and Tori looked at the different fruits. Tori who was too busy looking at the fruit ran into a teenaged boy. Almost causing her to fall on the ground, thanks to Jade's quick reflexes, Jade caught her. Jade helped Tori back onto her feet, after making sure Tori was okay Jade quickly turned on the boy.
"Watch where you're going!" Jade snapped at him.
"I am sorry, so sorry. I am big clutz." The boy said frantically, with a German accent.
"Yeah, no chiz!" Jade yelled, angrily.
"Jade, stop I'm fine." Tori said putting her hand on Jade's shoulder. Jade crossed her arms over her chest and glared at the boy.
"It's fine I'm a clutz too. Sorry about Jade, she's kind of over protective of me. Uh, what's your name?" Tori asked.
"Goran." Goran said looking into Tori's eyes.
"I am Goran." Goran said extending his gloved hand to Tori.
"Um, I'm Tori." Tori said shyly, pushing her glasses up her nose and walking away. Jade followed close behind her. They continued to look at the food in the market.
"Perhaps, I could help you with your shopping." Goran said approaching the two girls. Both girls whirled around to face him.
"I think we're good." Jade said her eyes narrowing at Goran.
"That'd be great! Actually, yeah. I have a list but I don't understand anything on it...do you...uh...want to.." Tori trailed off. Jade glared at both Goran and Tori, as Tori handed Goran the list.
"Ahh, Madame Varcolac. She came be very difficult to understand..." Goran said trailing off. He looked up from the list at Tori, the two smiled at each other, nervously.
"So uh, Tori, you are American?" Goran asked, as he walked getting fruit, with Tori walking next to him, and Jade walking behind them glaring at the back of their heads.
"Yeah, I am." Tori said, blushing.
"I have always wanted to go to America." Goran said.
"Really?" Tori asked.
"Yes! I always wanted to get Punk'd and I want to sing, Take me out to the ball game." Goran said singing the last part, Tori laughed and Jade just glared not particularly liking being excluded from the conversation.
"Is stupid right?" Goran asked.
"Very." Jade said under her breath.
"No, not at all." Tori said smiling at him.
"Tori, I was wondering while your here, I could maybe show you around Wolfsberg. It's a very beautiful town especially under the full moon." Goran suggested looking directly into Tori's eyes. That made Jade's head snap in his direction.
"Oh, uh, I don't know, I have look after my brother, and I'm only here for a few days, so um, yeah, I don't think..." Tori said trailing off as she backed away. She backed into Jade, Tori quickly turned around to face the vampire, who just smirked at her.
"We done?" Jade asked studying Tori's face. Tori nodded as blush crept onto her cheeks. Jade slid over the side, allowing Tori to take the lead. Tori only backed up again, bumping into everything as she went. Jade caught her wrist and pulled Tori close to her body.
"Geez, Vega. You're like a walking tornado." Jade said. Tori blushed as she realized how close they both were to each other. Jade smirked wrapping her arm around Tori's waist, holding the tan girl close to her as they walked to pay for the groceries. Tori's blush only got darker.
'I should be the only one to make Vega blush.' Jade thought to herself as she placed the basket filled with food on the conveyor belt with one hand, while her other still clutched Tori's waist keeping the Latina close, to her side.
(Later at Dragomir's castle)
Loud banging on the castle's front doors, made Jade jump away from Tori, ending their make out session.
Madame Varcolac opened the door to reveal Paulina.
"Madame Varcolac, I am so completely sorry for your loss, I haven't been able to get poor old Dragomir out of my head." Paulina said. Madame Varcolac, looked at Paulina suspiciously and skeptically. Jade's eyes turned red, Paulina's just flashed red before turning back to brown. Paulina's 'sympathetic' smile faltered slightly as she scanned the hallway. Jade let out a low growl.
"What's wrong?" Tori asked.
"Paulina." Jade growled.
"Who?" Tori asked confused as Jade crawled off of her.
"Nobody just, shush, so I can listen." Jade said, Tori shut her mouth.
"And you must be David!" Paulina said as David approached her.
"Paulina." David said smiling.
"Haha! How did you know?!" Paulina said.
"You have the same face that was on the cookies." David said.
"Vhat, did you need?" Madame Varcolac asked Paulina.
"Oh, I was looking for my daughter, Jadelyn. Have you seen her?" Paulina asked with a smile.
"Um yeah, she's upstairs with Tori; my daughter. That's so weird, you don't look like you've ever bared children." David said.
"Well aren't you just a charmer." Paulina said smiling. David smiled.
"Uh Tori! Jade's mother is here to pick her up!" David called to his daughter. Tori looked at Jade surprised. The two just sat there for a moment.
"Well we have to go down there, or they'll come up here." Tori said. Jade groaned, but followed Tori to the main hallway.
"Jadelyn." Paulina said with an evil smile.
"Paulina." Jade hissed.
"Now, now, Jadelyn that's no way to talk to your mother." Paulina scolded. Jade glared at the blonde vampire and mumbled something under her breath.
"Uh would you like to-"
"Thank you." Paulina said crossing the threshold and interrupting David.
Paulina examined Tori.
"You must be Tori! You really are beautiful." Paulina said flashing a fangy smile to the tan girl. Tori smiled nervously at her.
"And you must be the dashing Hunter." Paulina said moving her attention to the youngest Vega.
"We know you?" Hunter asked suspiciously. Paulina gave him the same uneasy feeling Jade did.
"No. But I know you. It's not every day Wolfsberg, gets new residents. That's makes you kinda famous around here." Paulina said smiling brightly.
"So what can we do for you?" David asked with a warm smile.
"Well I was here to pick Jadelyn up, but she can just stay here for the time being. I was wondering if you were free to join me for dinner?" Paulina said to David.
"No!" Hunter said.
"No?" David asked looking at his son.
"He's totally free!" Tori said excitedly earning a 'what the hell?!' Look from Jade.
"I'm totally free." David confirmed looking back to Paulina.
"Good. I know this adorable little Bistro, that'll be the perfect place for us to get acquainted." Paulina said.
"Didn't you already eat dinner, mom?" Jade asked venom dripping from her tone as she said mom.
"Don't be silly, Jadelyn. You've been here all day, how would you know if I've eaten dinner, already?" Paulina retorted giving Jade a warning look. Jade hissed at her.
(Later that evening with Hunter.)
"Guys, all these sites are garbage. They all say that the Wolfsberg Beast is just a guy in a suit." Hunter said frustratedly to his friends over video chat.
"The real stuff is on the underground websites. We found a guy that lived in Wolfsberg a whole year. He said and I quote 'There is no doubt in my mind that the Wolfsberg Beast exists, I have seen it from as close as 100 yards and-" The other boy didn't finish, the video chat session was disconnected.
"Oh what?!" Hunter exclaimed.
"Your friends weren't lying the beast exists. He killed my parents." Jade said from the doorway. Hunter practically jumped out of his skin.
"Why, so jumpy? Do I frighten you?" Jade asked with an evil smirk on her face. Just as Hunter was about to respond, Tori's terrified shriek made both him and Jade stand stiff. It took Jade only a few seconds to recover as she sprinted off to Tori with inhuman speed. Jade, busted through Tori's bedroom door. Hunter following a few seconds prior. Tori was walking around her room trying to get a connection for her laptop. She closed it frustratedly and turned to Jade and Hunter. She glared at her brother.
"What happened to the Internet?" Tori demanded as she stomped up to him.
"What happened to your face?" Hunter asked examining Tori's face. Jade stifled a laugh.
"I was at a party." Tori said.
"A costume party?" Hunter asked.
"Hey, hey, I think she looks beautiful." Jade said snickering as she draped an arm around Tori's shoulders.
"Not funny." Tori said elbowing Jade.
"Can you fix it?" Tori asked looking hopefully at Hunter.
"Yeah, we just need to find the router and reset it." Hunter said walking towards Tori's door. Tori rolled her eyes, but followed her little brother. Jade also went with them.
"Why are coming?" Hunter asked Jade.
"Because, I'm bored." Jade answered dryly.
(In the study)
"Here's where the signal for the wireless is the strongest." Hunter said looking from the laptop. Jade along with Tori turned away from examining the desk to look at Hunter.
"Great, so where is it?" Tori asked looking confusedly at the bookshelf.
"It's gotta be behind this bookcase." Hunter said.
"Oh c'mon." Tori groaned skeptically.
"Uh hello! Creepy castle. Usually one of the older books triggers it." Hunter said as he began pulling books.
"So how come I didn't have to invite you in?" Tori whispered to Jade.
"I was invited in a couple thousand years ago. Dragomir was having a ball and at the time he didn't know my family and I were vampires, so he invited us to his ball. But after some time the war started and then he killed my parents." Jade explained to her in a hushed whisper. Tori nodded and her mouth an 'o' shape. Jade went back to looking around. She found a remote control and handed it to Tori.
"What's this for? If you want to watch tv, go watch tv." Tori sad dumbfounded as she stared at the remote.
"Do you see a tv in here, Vega?" Jade asked. Tori paused and looked around the room. There was indeed no television inn the room.
"So what's it doing in here?" Tori asked. Jade rolled her eyes and pointed to the bookcase where Hunter was pulling books.
"Ooooh." Tori said finally understanding what Jade was trying to tell her.
"Oh." Jade said in a deep voice. Tori rolled her eyes and pointed the remote at the bookcase, pressing the 'enter' button on the remote. The bookcase opened and Hunter turned around and smiled smugly at Tori.
"See?" Hunter said triumphantly. Tori held up the remote and waved it.
"Universal remote." Tori said grinning. Hunter's smile faltered and he rolled his eyes before he and Jade started to descend the stairs.
"Guys wait! I have a bad feeling about this." Tori said. Jade rolled her eyes and flipped her hair behind her shoulder.
"Did you hear me dear brother! I said I had a bad feeling; we can't just go in there all willy nilly! And you or nobody else can make me, not me Sweet Sally Peaches!" Jade said in her 1950's accent as she grabbed onto Hunter's shoulder dramatically. Tori rolled her eyes.
"I don't talk like that!" She argued.
"Whatever, you come'n Vega?" Jade called as she lead the way down the stairs. Tori and Hunter quickly followed after her. Tori turned her flashlight on and pointed it around the room, once they reached the bottom of the steps.
"Well this is weird." Jade said looking around the small lab.
"This place is awesome!" Hunter said smirking.
"It's creepy." Tori said as she scooted closer to Jade and held her hand. Jade smirked, and started to examine the small room, with Tori still attached to her. After a minute of exploring Tori let go of Jade's hand and went investigate the test tubes. Hunter found the router and started to fix it. Tori found a small test tube filled with a red substance. She picked it up and examined it closely.
"L.B. 217" Tori read out loud.
"What'cha got there, Vega?" Jade asked jumping next to Tori. Tori shrieked and dropped the test tube, causing it to break sending shards of glass and drops of the red substance everywhere.
"Jade!" Tori cried glaring at the vampire. Jade's smirk fell as the scent of the substance filled her nose. Jade's eyes turned red and her fangs grew.
"Jade?" Tori asked.
"Blood." Jade whispered.
"Well, control yourself!" Tori hissed/whispered.
"I have to get out of here!" Jade said running with vampire speed up the stairs.
"There's blood, everywhere." Hunter said as he bent down to help Tori pick up the broken glass. They heard slow moving footsteps above them, causing the two to freeze.
"Hide." Hunter said quickly as he scrambled to his feet and ran under the staircase. Tori started to follow him, but stepped on a shard of glass in the process.
"Ow!" She shrieked.
"C'mon!" Hunter exclaimed. Tori limped over to him.
"I stepped on some glass!" Tori said when she reached her brother. She ducked down as Madame Varcolac came down the steps with a flashlight in hand. She shined the flashlight around the room only to find no one in it. She turned and left up the stairs, shutting the bookcase door behind her. Tori and Hunter breathed a sigh of relief.
(Later with Tori, Jade, and Hunter in Tori's room)
"Ow, ow, ow!" Tori whimpered as Hunter examined her glass injected foot.
"I haven't even touched you yet." Hunter said raising an eyebrow.
"Just take it out already!" Tori commanded rolling her eyes.
"Why can't you just have your girlfriend do it?" Hunter teased wiggling his eyebrows at Tori. Tori looked over at Jade, who was just staring out the window.
"Jade is a little squeamish when it comes to blood, my blood to be specific…And she's not my girlfriend!" Tori said, glaring at her younger brother.
"Will you please just take the glass out of my foot now?" Tori whined.
"Well stop moving." Hunter said as he put the tweezers up to Tori's wound. Tori squeezed her eyes shut as he pulled the small glass out of her foot.
"Got it." Hunter said as he left her room. Tori flopped back onto her bed and looked over at Jade.
"Are okay?" Tori asked worried about the vampire. Jade chuckled a little, before turning to face Tori. Jade sat down next to the tan girl on her bed.
"I should be asking you that." Jade said poking Tori's shoulder playfully.
"Well it's just that earlier you ran off." Tori said sitting up and staring at Jade. Jade sighed and nodded.
"That's the thing about lycan blood, it makes Vampires crazy. The way it tastes, it's like the sweetest ice cream and the most addictive drug." Jade explained.
"The blood back there. How do you know it's 'lycan' blood?" Tori asked.
"Lycan blood has a very distinct smell. It smells like a wolf, and wolves smell like the forest, trees, lakes, and basically nature. That's how I knew." Jade answered.
"Oh." Tori said.
"C'mon. You should get some sleep." Jade said sliding under the covers.
"Are you going to be floating, when I wake up?" Tori asked as she slid in next to Jade. Jade shrugged.
"Well then I'll just have to give you a little extra weight to hold you down." Tori said wrapping her arms around Jade's waist and snuggling up to the vampire. Jade rolled her eyes but returned Tori's embrace.