Young Dracula: Extra Outtakes

Sorry I haven't really been around recently. I have been trying to work on a short story but I haven't been able to get far. I have just so much to do and no time to do it, it seems.

Going for a during episode here, but I'm going to try and get into what seems like normal things to us but put them in a vampire context. Oh and I may put in bits from previous extra outtakes into this so it makes more sense.

I don't own YD.

Regular – based during episode 1 of season 1

Vlad sprinted up the spiral stairs of the tower, really there was no hurry but he felt if he didn't get to his room soon Ingrid would bagsy it first by just moving in. He also ran because he wanted to get as far from his father as possible. He could hear his father's words in his head, repeating themselves.

Vlad ground his teeth in frustration just as he got to the top of the stairs. He could see two doors one was right in front of him and the other was directly to his right, there was no corridor.

Vlad put down his suitcase and opened the door directly in front of him.

The room turned out to be the ensuite bathroom Vlad had read about when he bought the castle – using his father's funds of course. It was larger than he had been expecting, the room was at least 2 metres by two metres. There was a toilet, sink and shower. A shower wasn't something Vlad was used to, being a raised a vampire meant that Vlad shied away from running water just out of habit, even though he knew it wouldn't bother him. Having a shower would be a new experience, a human one so Vlad was willing to give it a try.

The room was mucky, but not the dirtiest room he had ever seen. It seemed well equipped; there was shelves, a bathroom caddy and a towel stand where Vlad could put all his toiletries.

Vlad was delighted. He hadn't really shared a bathroom – well, he had sometimes with his family but that was whenever there was a plumbing problem – but normally his father kept an eye on every room to make sure his son was living up to vampiric standards. Here Vlad felt he would be able to have his room and bathroom how he wanted, clean and tidy... or at least as clean and tidy as a pre-teen vampire could manage anyway because it was evitable there would be clothes out of drawers and cobwebs and dust – the latter being a result of Renfield's insistence on dustiness.

Maybe he couldn't ever have a totally normal life, but the very least the young boy could do was try. This was his only chance.

"Master Vladimir, what are you doing?" Zoltan rolled into the bathroom to find Vlad was having a bit too much fun with the shower running. He was using the water from the shower to help him clean the room, and done a fairly good job at it. What Zoltan was concerned about was not the fact there was now a room in the castle that was clean, but the fact that Vlad was enjoying himself. If the Count found out he was enjoying cleaning... he would lock the young vampire in his room for a week.

"Strange child," Zoltan muttered he knew that no child, not even a vampire one, enjoyed cleaning. It just emphasised how different Vlad was to everyone both vampire and human.

Vlad pulled himself to his feet - after turning off the shower - grinning and looking rather proud of himself. He had managed to keep himself clean at the same time, a remarkable feat for a twelve year old.

"I've just cleaned my bathroom," he said cheerfully and then frowned. "Zoltan how the bats did you get up the stairs?"

"With difficulty Master Vladimir," the wolf replied and Vlad rolled his eyes.

"When are you going to get it through your stuffing that I prefer to be called Vlad?" Vlad asked calmly and headed to the door Zoltan following him.

"Sorry young Master," he apologised. "It's just I cannot get used to your nickname, it seems so..."

"Human?" Vlad suggested with a slight smile as they entered his new room.

"Yes," Zoltan paused looking around the room. "This is more like what you should be living in."

Vlad frowned spotting the cobwebs and dust, but his bed, chest of drawers and other furnishings were here just like he had ordered. That was a plus; still it wasn't looking quite right...

"Maybe," Vlad agreed. "But it doesn't seem to reflect me well. I'll have to add changes to it."

"I see you chose a yellow chest of drawers," Zoltan noted.

"And a mahogany bed frame," Vlad pointed out.

"To try and appease your father," the hellhound guessed.

"Obviously." Vlad went to the top of the stairs, grabbed his suitcases and dragged them into his room. He looked around. "My clothes are all mucky," he grumbled. "I am not putting dirty laundry into my new drawers."

"Maybe you should invest in a laundry bin Master Vlad?" Zoltan suggested, half joking and half serious. He knew well how messy Vlad could be but also how he also hated muck because of his distaste for all things vampire.

"That's a good idea Zoltan," Vlad paused. "Thank you."

"You're being very polite," the wolf noticed. "And almost cold. "Are you angry?"

"Yes," he said stiffly and then sighed. "But not at you Zoltan."

Vlad looked at his pet wolf looking resigned. "The Count?"

"Who else," the young boy grumbled, frustrated. "I want to get a TV see."

"Why is that Master?"

"So I look normal, all breathers have TVs, if you don't have one you can't fit in and if we don't fit in..." Vlad looked slightly panicked

"There will be another angry peasant mob on our doorstep," Zoltan guessed.

"Yes, I can't let that happen," Vlad said almost protectively. "But Dad doesn't seem to realise how important it is to keep up the pretence."

"Maybe you can manipulate him Master Vlad," he suggested. "You have done it before."

"I don't see how... Dad's started to notice how I am twisting him to get my own way." Vlad said looking slightly frustrated.

"But you have been starting to see through his pretences as well." Zoltan pointed out. "Master Vladimir, if you really want to protect us then I will help you... so tell me what the Count said and I may be able to help you see if you can change his mind."

This is kind of a short one but I've tried to make it interesting. The next outtake I have had planned a while so it should be better. In this I've been trying to point out how Vlad is not a regular human kid nor a regular vampire kid. He's different to both ends and that's what makes him special.

Thank you for reading and please review!

C

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