Hey all, so I've been having second thoughts as to whether I should continue this fanfic. But hey-ho, I've put this chapter up anyway. Hope you guys like it.

Loving the last episode! Can't wait till next week! 1 whole hour of YD!

The count's P.O.V

Great! Vlad and Ingrid have really blown it now; my dear mother Attila found them sneaking back in after hunting breathers. I mean don't get me wrong, I'm obviously pleased that Vladimir was drinking blood. After all, this was what I been trying to get him to do for years. But they had gotten caught! I suppose it was sort of my fault, I banned them from the blood cellar and allowed them to get as hungry as they did. Come to mention it, they had looked bad, Vlad in particular; his eyes had been almost black and his skin had been drawn tightly over his defined cheekbones –courtesy of me. How could I have let two young vampires get so hungry? Of course they were going to hunt, and when they hunted they would let their instinct rule their minds that meant dead bodies; in their case, 9 reported dead and 4 reported missing with a further 5 returning baffled with two bite marks on their neck. I must hand it to them, they don't do anything half-heartedly. The High council weren't pleased; they had left a lot of mess for them to sort out.

"Vladimir! Ingrid! Evelyn! Get here now!" I shouted, confident they would hear me

"What? It's the middle of the day" Vlad snapped. He was the only member of the Clan who had an adverse reaction to lack of sleep

"Be that as it may, you've got to pack your bags" I said

"Why?" Ingrid demanded

"The high council have agreed not to slay us because vlad will be Grand High Vampire"

"And…?" Evelyn was becoming a proper little Vampiress

"Only on the condition that we move back to Transylvania" I said happily

"Is that it?" Vlad asked

"Well, no. They have decided that you need to undergo training before you become grand high vampire so you are ready once you turn 18" I added

Vlad winced

"Hurry up! We need to get moving when the sun sets if we are to get there before sunrise" I said, thinking about the home cooked meal I was soon to enjoy

Evelyn's P.O.V

Vlad was angrily stuffing clothes into the bag on his bed

"I don't see why moving to Transylvania is such a bad thing! Ingrid seems happy. And the lessons won't be that bad, all you have to do is sit behind a desk and pretend to listen" I said

"You don't get it do you?" Vlad snapped

"I get that you're upset" I said softly

"Vampire lessons aren't the same as human ones. Vampire lessons are… lets just say, much more…hands on than human ones. They tend to shove you in dangerous situations and let you fend for yourself; they find it amusing" He said bitterly, it sounded as if he had first hand experience with these so called 'lessons'

"Oh right" I said "I'm sure it won't be that bad" I added kissing his jugular

"You are so irresistible, you are one dangerous creature" He replied

"Don't I know it" I murmured lovingly, kissing him tenderly; I knew he wouldn't resist me

"I love you" He said, kissing me full on the lips then tracing the lines of my jaw with his fangs. I shuddered with pleasure before breaking away

"I've got to go see Ingrid" I said

"Can't it wait?" he moaned

"No" I tapped his bottom lip that was sticking out

"Fine, be back soon" he growled playfully

"I will" I promised before running out the door, I needed to see Ingrid, she was the only other female in the house and I actually quite liked her

"Hey Ingrid" I said

"Hey" She was in the best mood I have ever seen her in

"I need to ask you something" I asked "About Vlad"

"Oh, him" He face fell ever so slightly "what do you want to know?" She asked

"Why is Vlad so against these lessons?" I was curious

"Well, our Gran, Attila made Vlad take lessons when he was 9. She sent him into a slayers lair to try and get his way out; dad sent me in to get him because he nearly got killed. I suppose he's just afraid than if they did that to him before he was a full vampire, then what are they going to do now he's the most powerful vampire in existence" She said, by the end there was some concern in her voice "Not that I would care, the only thing I'm worried about is a shortage of peasants! I can't wait to hunt some nice, juicy breathers without getting told off!" Ingrid added, trying to cover up the concern she had shown in her voice. Typical Ingrid; always trying to act tough and heartless but underneath she was actually quite caring.

"But that's terrible! It's inhumane! It's…" Ingrid cut me off

"It's vampiric, that's the way things work around here. You better get used to it!" She said coldly "Besides, Vlad isn't as weak as he makes out, nor is he as innocent. Vlad is a Vampire and deep down he has a dark side, we all saw it when they threatened to kill you. You are his weakness; some vampires will stop at nothing to get rid of you." She warned me

"Thanks, but I can take care of myself. After all, I am a vampire now" I said

"A half fang." She corrected coldly "Don't forget that"

"I won't" I said simply, not giving her the pleasure of seeing that her snide comment got to me

"Good" She said, hanging her necklace around her pale neck. I quietly flitted out of the room and down to the crypt where vlad was waiting; bags packed and ready to go.

"You ready?" He smiled

"Yeah, you?" I smiled back

"Suppose so" his face betrayed him, there was fear in his eyes

"Vlad…" I asked timidly

"Yeah?" He said, as if he were encouraging me to go on

"How are we going to get there? It's daylight outside and in case you hadn't noticed, we burn in the sun" I was confused

He stifled a laugh "I forgot you were so new to this, we travel in our coffins they have UV filters and then we put them In the back of the hearse just in case" He explained

I shot him a glare "Don't laugh at me! I was only asking" I play-growled menacingly

"VLADIMIR! HALF FANG!" The count's voice roared

"You don't have to shout! My hearing is perfectly fine today" Vlad said bitterly

"HURRY UP! WE HAVE TO GO NOW!" Vlad sighed and rolled his eyes, picking up his suitcase with one hand and mine in the other. He went to meet his dad and I said I would catch him up; I wanted to take a last look at my sort of birthplace into the undead; if that made any sense.

By the time I got up to the throne-less throne room Vlad, Ingrid and the count were stood waiting beside the three coffins that were lined up next to the tightly closed shutters that were blocking out the sunlight

"Let's go" The count was getting impatient as he clicked his fingers, opening the lid of his rather grand coffin and getting inside, letting the lid shut him in. out of the corner of my eye I saw Ingrid and Vlad do the same so I decided to copy them. I clicked my fingers (it never ceased to amaze me that I could actually do that), opening my pink silk lined coffin lid and stepped in, letting the lit shut and the darkness engulf me.

XxxX

Vlad's P.O.V

Although I really didn't want to do the lessons, it didn't mean that I wasn't pleased to be home after all this time. Back then I didn't like the gloominess of the castle, or the Vampire community that my dad had forced me and Ingrid to socialise with.

"So, this is where you used to live" Evelyn said to break the awkward silence as we got out of our coffins

"Yeah, nice isn't it" Ingrid said "How about later, you and me go give some loser boys the fright of their petty little lives?"

Evelyn patted her hair down "I suppose so, Vlad, do you want to come?" She turned and looked at me

"I've got to go see the council and meet my new tutor" I sighed. I really didn't want to go but I knew I must, it was the terms on which I had avoided being slain; thank god I was the chosen one or else we would all be ash.

Ingrid's P.O.V

Finally, after all these years, we were back home. I had always loved Transylvania and I could never see why Vlad hated it so much, though today he had looked quite relived that we were back, I saw him go up into his old room out of the corner of my eye. Wrenfield had been overjoyed to be back with his beloved cockroach collection that he had had to part with in the rush to get away from the angry peasant mob.

"WRENFIELD!" I screeched; I was getting peckish

"What"

"Don't 'What' me you blithering imbecile!" how dare he speak to me- the princess of darkness- like that?

Wrenfield blushed "Thank you mistress Ingrid"

"It wasn't a compliment" I said, I didn't want him to think I was being nice!

"Oh, right" He stammered "What did you want mistress?"

"Blood"

"Blood mistress Ingrid" He mumbled

"Yes, what else would I want? A glass of juice?" I scoffed at his stupidity

"Of…of…of course not mistress Ingrid" He stammered as he looked into my blood red eyes.

"Good, now hurry" I said, wincing as my head started to throb from the hunger.

XxxX

Vlad's P.O.V

The council were all seated around a long, narrow table in the middle of a large stone hall. I recognised a few of the members; starting from the left there was Stefan, and sat next to him was Baraj, then muli, then patil, Count Yulee, Attila, demetri and finishing it off was a man I didn't recognise. He had a mop of brown curly hair on his head and rather bushy eyebrows. He was wearing a blue button up jacket that looked foreign and matching blue trousers.

"Ahh, I see you are on time" Attila approved

"Yes, what made you think I would be late?"

"Nothing" She muttered. The dark haired man cleared his throat "Oh yes, Vlad meet your new tutor…" The dark haired man cut her off

"Vladimir Dracula" He rolled the rs "I am Bertrand, your new tutor, I am here to help you unlock the powers of the…" He reached into his bag and pulled out a some sort of a book made from bones "…Praedictum Impaver" He sounded very solemn, almost mystic

"So, what is it? What does it do?" I said, unimpressed

"The Praedictum Impaver is a book made from the bones of the first Victims of Vampirism." He looked at me

"That still doesn't answer my question. What does it do?" I replied, tapping one of the bony fingers

"I don't know" He said hurriedly "But I believe it will unlock the secret to bringing back vampires to their former glory" He tried to cover up the hole in his knowledge

"Why does this involve me?"

He looked at me as if I were thick "Only the chosen one can open it and take hold of its power. I am here to help you master your powers and open the book so you can lead your people out of the shadows" He finished his speech grandly, earning a murmur of approval from the council

"so…burton…"

"Bertrand" He corrected

"Whatever, where do we start" I said awkwardly, this was going to be interesting

Chapter 7 & 8 were going to be one chapter but then it got way too long so I split it in two. I just had to introduce Bertrand into it, he is just so amazing. Just need to get chapter 8 back from my better reader and then I will post it.