Bella glanced at Vlad's seat. Seems the monster's to scared to show up today, she thought. Amazing how someone so strong could be so cowardly. The thing was dangerous. It drank human blood. The fact that 'it' was half human didn't matter. It was a killer. And killers didn't deserve to live. The pravus was a thing. A monster born of bloodlust and thirst. Not a person. It was to evil for that. But what Bella didn't know was that Vlad wasn't the real monster - she was. And she would have to pay the price, sooner or later.

Vlad came back to school the next day.

He plopped down next to Snow who was reading a book. She looked up and smiled. "Hi, Vlad. Where were you?" Vlad didn't respond out loud. He thought to Snow, 'The Cullens.' Snow understood immediately. 'Oh. You didn't want to get in a fight. Why'd you come back?' Vlad replied, 'I think I can handle them. Plus it's boring at home. And I missed you.' Snow smirked. 'Same here. You coming to the crypt today?' 'Yeah. As long as they don't stop me.' 'Should I talk to them?' Vlad shook his head. 'To dangerous. You might get hurt.' Snow just stuck her tongue out at her boyfriend. Vlad smiled back. 'I don't care what you think. I'm talking to them in the hallway. And you are NOT going to stop me.' Snow smiled evilly. Vlad gulped. Snow knew how to scare someone, big time. He nodded. Snow just turned toward the teacher, writing something in her notebook once in a while. She didn't give the Cullen's so much as a glance.

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Snow slowly walked toward where the Cullens were standing. "Hi," she chirped, giving them her brightest smile. "I'm Snow, Vlad's girlfriend, and I want to know exactly why you two are threatening Vlad." Edward tensed when he heard the Pravus's name. "If you're his girlfriend, then you know what he is." He said bitterly. "What?" Snow asked. "The part that he's a vamp, or the part that he's the Pravus?" Edward just glared. "Oh, you mean both. So what? Who cares what he is? What I don't get is why two fairies keep on trying to kill him!" She glared at Both Bella and Edward. "Now spill," Snow demanded. Edward told her everything, telling the whole story against his will.

"Ah. So that's why. So you two are just doing something because you were ordered? You guys are stupid. Why the hell would you do something that's so...mindless?" Snow scolded. "You can't kill someone you don't know. Especially Vlad. He's actually really sweet, he just doesn't want anyone to threaten people he loves. You just need to gain his trust. Then I'm sure you three would be great friends. He's been through a lot. More than you two." Edward chuckled. "I don't think that's possible," he said. "Did your father kill your mother and later came back to kill everyone you loved?" Snow asked sweetly. Edward shook his head wordlessly. "Then don't make any assumptions. That was Vlad's first and greatest mistake. Though I can't blame him." Snow said bitterly. Bella and Edward just stared wordlessly at each other, not knowing what to say. It didn't seem possible that the thing actually had feelings. The Pravus had threatened them, and this girl- this mere girl -was telling them that the thing was a regular teenage boy! The nerve! Vlad, who was keeping track of the conversation through the sparkly pixie's minds, chuckled. Those two were really stupid to think he didn't have feelings. Everyone had them, so why couldn't he? Bella and Edward walked to Vlad's house and entered without knocking. What was happening? Wha- Edward cullen bowed his head, and the girl followed his example. "We're so very sorry, Mr. Pravus," he muttered. Vlad tried not to laugh his head off at their expressions. They didn't look like they were sorry at all. Vlad offered a hand. "It's okay. You guys aren't the first after life, and not the last either." He gave them a bright smile, which neither of them returned. Vlad just shrugged and stared at Snow, who sat beside Vlad. "Did you three sort it out?" He asked. Snow nodded and got a plate full of cookies from the kitchen. She offered the pixies some, forgetting that they didn't eat human food. When they didn't take any, Snow shrugged and nibbled on one. Vlad ignored her and bombarded the faries with questions. "So what are you? Where are you from? Who told you to kill me? What do want? And who the fuck told you I was evil? Tell me everything." Edward sighed and explained how they were made, their abilities, how he met Bella, what happened after, all about Reneesme, the pack, and everything else he knew. It wasn't that he wanted to, it was just he couldn't disobey Vlad. Probably because he's awesome like that...

Afterwards, Vlad paced around the room, thinking. He finally said, "We need to tell Otis about this." Snow nodded, agreeing. "Who's Otis?" Edward asked. While Vlad facepalmed himself, Snow explained who Otis was. "So he's the president?" Bella asked. Vlad replied, "Yes," when he actually wanted to say, "No duh!" Geez. Even after Snow explained who uncle Otis was, they still don't get it! Otis entered the house at that exact moment. "Vladimir, I'm ho-" He stopped when he saw the two faries. "What are they doing here?" He asked, his face darkening. "Uncle Otis, we need to work things out. They're confused about what's happening between our two races. They think I threatened the Volturi. " Otis's eyes widened, then he laughed. "That's...preposterous!" He chortled. "They declared war on us." He told them. Edward glared at them suspiciously. "Why should we believe you?" He retorted. Otis just shrugged. "Believe us or not, it is your own choice, fairy." Edward growled at Otis's mocking tone. It was obvious that the 'older', more experienced man did not like him. Vlad just ignored them and stared at Bella. "So, do you believe us?" He asked. "Are you going to stop hunting us?" He asked softly. Bella snorted. "Of course I don't believe you," She scoffed. "Why would I?" Vlad sighed and stood up. "What a shame," He said in a soft tone. He sounded sincere. His eyes opened, flashing iridescent purple. Edward held back a gasp. "Looks like there's no choice," Vlad said- there was no pity in his voice. "You two are going to have to be rid of." He smirked at them.

"Goodbye." Vlad reached out a fist at them and squeezed. Bella screamed, a whole in her chest. There were black spots around it, like it was rotting. It slowly spread out, turning her whole body black. It crumbled before their eyes. Before Edward could react, the same black was on his face. Soon he was gone too. Vlad slowly turned around at the unfazed Snow and Otis. He grinned, but there was a bit of pain in his expression. "Let's go to the Voulturi." He told them. "We need to talk."