Chapter 4

By the time they were done, the sun was already in the sky. Dracula walked towards his coffin in a sluggish manner and when he finally reached it his face fell right onto it, like he couldn't support his upper body any longer. He lets out a soft and tired groan.

"Well Martha I did it, the whole place is cleaned up." Dracula spoke out loud. "Now I just to rest for a bit until Mavis and Johnny arrive…."

Dracula begins to drift to sleep when suddenly the skull phone started screaming, waking him up.

The count let out a more annoyed and tired groan. "Oh you have got to be pulling on my leg…"

Dracula forced himself to stand back up and walked over to the screaming phone, still slouching as he walked. He then answered.

"Yes, what is it now?" he asked, tiredly.

"Sir, they have arrived." The suit of shining armor said on the other end of the phone. Almost immediately Dracula zoomed right out of the room, full of energy, leaving the phone dangling on the stool.

"Sir? Sir?" The suit of armor called out. "He's gone, isn't he?"

"Yep." The skeleton phone confirmed.

Dracula zoomed down the hall and into the elevator, where he rode it all the way down to the lobby. Luckily he wasn't the only one awake. Frank, Eunice and Murray had arrived in the afternoon too. They, along with Wayne, Wanda and Griffin, as well as pretty much every other monster, were waiting on the first floor.

Even monsters who had never stayed at the hotel before (and some didn't even want to reserve a room) were there. It seemed like the entire monster community was interested in the young couple. It was really no surprise. Dracula's daughter (who already had a little interest just for that reason alone) dating a human was not something the monster public heard every day. The knights had to work double time just to keep the monster paparazzi out.

Even all that couldn't ruin Drac's mood as he saw both Mavis and Johnny struggling to pass through the revolving doors due to their large backpacks, there was a long, suspenseful yet exciting pause before they both emerged into the lobby. They both sighed deeply and turned to everyone

"Sup guys!" Johnny waved.

"JOHNNY! MAVIS!" Everyone cried as they all rushed over to greet them. Happy chatter and smiles quickly filled the lobby, as well as a lot of hugging, pats on the back and both Mavis and Johnny were hit with a barrage of questions. Dracula just watched and smiled in the background, patiently waiting of his return but struggling to contain his own happiness.

"Whoa, whoa, everybody calm down!" Mavis told them all, trying to ease their excitement but still happy to see them

"Yeah, one at a time please, getting through the door was a lot harder then it looked!" Johnny said exhausted.

"I told you should lighten the load a bit." Mavis reminded him. "Carrying around all that stuff will probably really hurt you're back one day."

"Yeah, I know, but it's gotta go somewhere otherwise I'd have to carry it all." Johnny stated. "You know, I tried to do that once… never doing it again."

Mavis chuckled a bit as they both removed their backpacks, after which Johnny straightened up his own back as sighed relieved.

"Oh that feels better…" he mumbled. As Mavis giggled Eunice rushed over to her and gripped her hands.

"Oh Mavis, darling, you look great!" Eunice exclaimed, happily as she looked Mavis over. It appeared that Mavis had completely fallen in love with human fashion. She still stuck to her favorite colors and barely gave a second look to anything too bright or gaudy. Today she was wearing a purple scarf, black long sleeved shirt, a red belt, black skirt and black and red leggings, and of course the red sneakers she had worn for over a hundred years. She also let her hair grow a few inches. As for Jonathan, he looked pretty much the same, just with a goatee and new clothes consisting of sleeveless green hoodie over an orange shirt, his cargo shorts and blue and green sneakers.

"Oh, thanks! You too!" Mavis commented.

"Hey, so how was your trip? How was it out there?" The Invisible Man asked.

"Oh my gosh, it was so incredible!" Mavis squealed a bit. "We saw so many amazing things, right Johnny?"

"Oh totally! And man oh man you should have seen the look on her face when she first took a bite out of a hotdog." Johnny told them. "I'm telling you she stared into space for a like a whole hour. Man it was priceless!"

"Johnny!" Mavis said, blushing, clearly embarrassed.

"Aw, come on, I'm just teasing that's all." Johnny assured her. "Besides, you looked cute with that look on your face."

"Aw!" Mavis said, touched as she kissed his cheek gently.

"Oh…" Wanda said, happily watching the romantic moment. "Aren't you two adorable?"

"Thanks, Auntie Wanda." Mavis said, smiling.

"So… what else did you guys go anyway?" Murray questioned.

"And did you have any 'fun'?" The Invisible Man asked suggestively. "Huh? Huh?"

"Uh…" Johnny began to say, his cheeks were blushing red from embarrassment, just like Mavis.

Looking into the crowd, Mavis saw the face she was most happy to see. "Dad!"

"Mavy!" Dracula cried back.

Using her vampire speed to get through the crowd quickly, the two of them practically tackled each other with a big hug.

"I missed you so much, Dad." Mavis told her father, with a single tear falling from her face.

Dracula patted her back gently and lovingly. "And I you love droppings, and I you," he said softly. "So, how have you been, Mavy?"

"Great Dad, I have so much to tell you!"

Before she could say anymore, Johnny then popped up, seemingly from out of nowhere.

"Hey, Drac! Don't I get a hug too?" he asked holding out his arms with a wide smile on his face, Dracula looked a bit reluctant to do so. "Come on! They're free!"

The elder vampire gave him a look. "Oh." He took a step back. "Uh, that's fine, it's cool I…" Dracula's face then turned into a playful smile.

"Oh come here, guy!"

Johnny smiled and laughed as he ran over, jumped up and gave Dracula a tight hug, which the count returned.

"Ha-ha! It's good to see you again, Drac old buddy!" the red head said.

"Yes, you too my dear boy." Dracula said, patting him on the back. Drac waited a minute but Johnny did not release him. "Ok… you can go now please!"

"Whoops! Sorry!" The human apologized. Johnny quickly leapt off of Dracula.

"Eh, don't worry yourself about it." Dracula assured him. "Anyway, like I said it's good to see you my human friend. I trust you've been taking care of Mavis well?"

"Yeah, totally!" Johnny nodded. "She didn't get a scratch on her, I swear."

"Yeah, something tells me she takes care of you." Wayne stated, smirking.

"Please! I've protected hundreds… tens… sometimes." Johnny stated, his tone suggested that only the last part of his sentence was true, but he still smiled anyway.

"So Mavis, Johnny, darlings. What's this 'big news', you both said you were gonna share with us?" Eunice questioned.

"Oh! Right! The news!" Johnny remembered.

"Yes, the news." Dracula nodded, somewhat impatiently. "So what is it?"

A suit of armor rushed over to Drac. "Sir! Sir! There's a urgency I need to discuss with you right away."

Dracula sighed. "Alright, what is it?" he asked, he turned to his daughter and human friend. "Hold on just a sec you two while I take care of this." Dracula zoomed over to the Suit of Armor. While he was away Mavis continued to tell her news to the others anyway.

"Ok, so this all started a year ago during our last trip to Ha-wee-wee, right before our trip to Paris." Mavis began.

Meanwhile, while Mavis was talking to the others Dracula was just several feet away talking to the Suit of Armor.

"Sir, we may have reason to believe that Quasimodo Wilson has broken free of your freezing spell." The armor told him.

"He what!?" Dracula whispered in a tense tone. He grabbed the suit of armor and pulled him over closely. "Where is he now?"

"Don't worry sir, we have him restrained in the hotel dungeon." The suit of armor assured him.

"Good, keep them so I can have a word or two with him." Dracula ordered the guard.

At the same time, Mavis was just about to finish up her story to all of the others with Johnny's arm over her shoulders the whole time.

"So in conclusion…" Mavis began before holding up her hand, which had a glimmering ring on it. "Johnny and I are getting married!"

"Until then Johnny and I are getting…" Dracula began, unknowingly repeating what Mavis was saying at the time, which he heard due to his vampire hearing. It took a little while before the last part managed to sink into his head. "M-M-Married?"

The monsters all gasp and the monster ladies all squealed with absolute joy.

"Oh Mavis that is wonderful!" Wanda smiled. "Right Drac?"

"M-M-Married?" Dracula stuttered, still in shock.

"Congratulations you too." Wayne told them.

"Yeah, way to go Johnny!" Frank added, giving Johnny a semi gentle pat that shook him a bit.

"Thanks…" Johnny said, a bit shaken.

"Oh can you believe it everyone, these two are finally gonna be husband and wife!" Eunice proclaimed. "It's about time if you ask me!"

"M-M-Married?" Dracula continued to stutter.

"And that means Drac is gonna be an in-law to old Johnny here." Invisible Man pointed out.

"Sweet!" Johnny exclaimed.

"Isn't this great?" Mavis remarked with a smile.

"You got that right!" Johnny agreed, who rushed over to Drac and held out his hand. "Put her there Drac!"

Dracula didn't respond and instead fainted on the spot, much to everyone's shock and confusion.