Hey guys thanks so much for the reviews and I'm so happy your liking the new updates so here's another one and remember to review because its 4am and I'm knackered! Nighty night love ya's

JJ

Venice, Italy - 1808

The sun was bright, streaming in through the windows in beams of prancing light; it was hypnotic, fear quaking, bloody and shredded fingers brushing against the bouncing against the piano keys, a pair of adoring eyes watching from the divan as the blood stained beauty dances through the light and around the scattered torn and devoured bodies.

She looked like an angel fallen from grace, her golden locks knotted with crimson, the same crimson that tainted her snow white corset and skirts and smeared along her rose petal lips. With a twirl she beams "what a beautiful day… I've never felt so alive!"

With a skip over the corpses the blemished beauty giggles taking the hand of her adorer and pulling them to their feet "Dance with me darling"

"Do you ever get tired my love?" the suitor laughs while twirling her under arm

"Never!" she laughs with glee

Just then the music dulls, the pianist breathing deep and shallow and causing the angelic fair-haired girl to growl "who said you could stop playing?"

"Please… it's been fourteen hours, please…" he begs, pleads for mercy, for his life… and it had actually been sixteen hours

Before the drowsy eyed nobleman could blink the girl was upon the bench beside him, making his gasp and jerk away "Please don't…"

"Sshh, you're alright sweetie" she soothes, brushing his hair back tenderly

He couldn't help but look into her eyes, bright and bluer than the sky or any ocean but like a flood they smoked over to a shimmering glow of sun bright yellow, the pale rose blushed skin greyed and blacked veins pulsing as once well groomed fingertips cascading though his hair are now long deadly ebony talons gripping his head into place while sharp pearly fangs glare in the light with a sweet smile before he jolts with wide eyes and a whimper "why?"

"Because I like pretty things… and eating them" she smirks with joy before her hand finally emerges from his chest, heart in hand, letting his body fall limply the grand piano

Standing she sways back to her lover and offer the heart like a child would a flower "A heart for my sweetheart"

"It looks delicious, thank you Princess…" they smile lovingly with a lick off their lips

Devon – Present day

"I hate you!" the usually chipper voice echoes with a mumbled shout

The covers are pulled swiftly from her and the curtains drawn to let the morning sun seep in "rise and shine sister, it's a new day!"

Thrusting a pillow over her head the pink haired girl groans "not for me it isn't… go away!"

"Myrtle Sonnet Clayton, get out of that bed… Wake. Up" Fredrick moans whilst pulling on her legs only for her angry talons to grip the headboard

"I will fuck you up Fred I swear to god!" she screams before her grip fails and her butt meets the hard floor

With a triumphant smile he shrugs "see you down stairs in ten minutes" and manages to escape the room before Sunny launches an ornament across the room, hitting the door

Standing up when wendigo groans in tired frustration before taking a seat on the soft bed, the room was a mix of yellow and cream, but it wasn't her room that actually lay on the other side of the house in the left wing on the upper terrace, and it was way bigger and prettier.

Standing she walks over to the dresser, gathering the clothes that Hal had begged to arrange and iron. He needed something to do with his routines out of whack.

She quickly slips into her black and red spotted jumper and crimson skater skirt, brushing out her blushing curls before securing a red ribbon on her head and gliding into her ballerina cherry flats. Make-up done to a perfect T and smiles with a nod to herself before walking down stairs and seeing the large congregation of people Sunny swallows the air in deep breaths before strolling over to her actual house mates with a smile "Good morning"

She takes a seat between the two men, Tom bouncing a gurgling Eve on his knee whist Hal reads his paper, Annie probably off with Fredrick somewhere or other "Good morning Sunny"

"Sunny, just letting you know Olivia is giving a tour of the museum after breakfast and another vase has vanished" Hal mutters over his paper, he's skips right over the annual gossip and news to the more boring stuff, but if he hadn't he'd have seen a picture of a house where three bodies had been discovered…

When the tour starts they walk into a room with glass cases, containing some things Sunny remembered and some she didn't. Tom listened intently to Olivia about the family history of his friend, he wanted to know more about her, everything about her, but didn't want to be nosy or rude by asking too many questions, Annie stood beside him, pointing and asking him to ask questions to their guide. Hal listened in faint interest, eyeing the objects and the people around them, feeling an urge to disinfect some of them. Fredrick lingered beside his sister who had the infant savior resting on her hip after Olivia made a fuss about the pram messing up the floors.

"Oh, Myrtle do you remember that?" he asks pointing out a tattered rounded piece of leather

With a giggle she nods "Josephs football, we were we always hiding the stupid thing"

She looks at him only to be left confused as his head snaps around as if he'd been doing something he shouldn't but just as she goes to ask what he's up to Olivia's voice rises over the crowd "…and here we have the room of Myrtle Sonnet Clayton!"

"That's the one that went missing in-it?" one of the inquisitive chav's questioned

Swallowing hard as they enter Sunny clings a tad tighter to the napping baby as Annie smiles over to them "woo we're going to see Sunny's bedroom, maybe we'll find a secret diary or something"

She joked playfully but Sunny just smiled her usual smile and followed into the room, mouth hitting the floor as she did, all the rooms had been altered in some way, furnisher moved a new color scheme but her bedroom seemed to be stilled in time because it was exactly how she remembered it. Diamond white walls and furnisher lined with glittering gold and a simple pink petal floral pattern scattered though the room.

"Now this is the room where not only did our ancestor Myrtle had laid dying for weeks in tormented agony before her disappearance but also the very room where she played as a child, dreamt her dreams and where her fiancé Gregory Duking's was murdered... there are many theories about what happened to the young woman…" Sunny tuned her out then; she already knew the real story and opted for walking to the large ivory white bed she remembered feeling so small in and with her free hand moved to pick up the tattered old teddy resting at the head of the bed. She could already smell it from across the room; still lingering with her human scent, rain daisies and strawberries… she remembered…

Clayton Manor, Myrtle's Bedchambers – 1798

Her dress was perfect, the finest most beautiful silk made just for her because every girl should feel like a princess on her sweet sixteenth… if only she could fasten the bloody thing because waiting for her just downstairs was a ball for her birthday, all her family and friends and her father's business associates. She's told the maid she could handle the dress herself and that she wasn't a child anymore, she was now regretting that decision

A knock tumbles through the room and she calls "come in"

"Sonnet?" she turns the with a smile, knowing only one person called her by her middle name

She was greeted by a pair of sparkling green eyes and a smile that faltered as it looked over her predicament "do you want me to go get you a servant?"

Laughing she shakes her head "don't be ridiculous Gregory, now come over here and save the damsel in distress. I trust you know how to lace?"

He seems hesitant but wonders over to her simply because he could never deny her anything, chaperoned or not. Turning to the mirror she smiles at his refection "So exactly how many people are we entertaining?"

"If your father had his way then the entire company, but it seems only half of them could manage to bray themselves from her desks" he answers with concentration on his flawless features, towering over the young girl, no, sorry… young woman

Smiling brightly she nods "Small mercy's I suppose"

Quickly his nimble fingers work the lacing of the silk and he looks to her in the mirror with nothing but tender devotion "there, perfect"

She looks at his reflection with a tilt of her head and frown of her brow "Gregory, what's the matter?"

Gently turning her too look into those puppy dog eyes he smiles wearily "Sonnet… well as you know I'm to turn twenty next spring and take a higher place in my father's firm"

"Yes, I'm aware… Gregory talk to me, are you wishing to leave the firm?" she asks concerned for him, knowing his father would be far less than pleased

With a bitter chuckle he shakes his head "no, no nothing like that… I just… Sonnet you are a remarkable girl, um, woman and for a long time now I've had, um…"

Butterfly's batter in her stomach as her breath catches in realization "intentions?"

"Yes, and um, I spoke to your father and… you know what… let's forget the formalities, Sonnet I think you are the most beautiful, kind and perfect woman to ever grace the earth, your amazing and I would be proud and honored if you would consider being my wife" he finally admits with a halted breath

Taking his hands in her doll like fingers he meets her diamond blue orbs and that dazzling smile "Yes!"

"Yes?" he asks with wide eyes

"Yes, yes with every corner of my heart yes!" she shouts in glee, wrapping her arms around his lean neck, lifting her feet he swigs his new bride around

Once her feet reacquaint with the ground he leans forward to place a chase kiss on her lips "you've made me the happiest man alive… you really are my Sunshine Sonnet"

He brushes a stay golden curl back into place before offering his arm to escort her to her party and share their joyful news… it was a good day, a happy day

Clayton Manor – Present Day

"Sunny?" snapping out of memory lane she turns to see who's called her name

She finds a vest clad werewolf with a reassuring hand on her lower back, rubbing comforting circles with the others standing just behind him "you alright? Come on let's get you out of here"

"No, no it's alright, look you lot follow on with the tour and I'll go change Eve" she says with a weak smile

They watch as Sunny leaves cradling the infant but as Hal's gaze turned he noticed something brow-raising, Fredrick was no longer looking to his sister; gaze now firmly fixed on the werewolf's combat clad backside with appreciation "Hum, hum"

As he vampire clears his throat the ghost rights himself, regaining composer and Hal just sends him a knowing and kind smile, forcing Fredrick to stutter and excuse before excusing himself from the group

Just then Hal thinks he's unintentionally stumbled upon the ghost's unfinished business.

In Tom's room where the crib lay Sunny quickly changed Eve and was now giving her, her bottle. The poor thing had has trouble sleeping what with the strange surroundings and all "oh Eve, what are we going to do ay? Yeah, I want to go home to…"

"I thought this was your home" turning she sees her brother standing there, looking down to her over his spectacles

Turning carefully she sighs "don't be that way Fred, I'm not the girl that grew up here… I haven't been for a long time, but I'm still your big sister"

She gives him a hopeful smile. He just looks at her holding the baby and breaks into a lopsided grin "you were always good with children, I'm glad to see you haven't changed that much. You really care about them don't you?"

"Yes. Yes I do. They took me in and showed me a kindness I thought died off decades ago. They get me" she shrugs, taking the now empty bottle from the infant and moving to wind her

Fredrick rounds the bed, sitting beside his elder sister as she mothers the infant "I never thought I'd be saying this but may I come with you, to Barry?"

He spits the last word with such distain Sunny laughs "of course you can! It'll be great, like old times… and who knows, we might figure out what you're sticking around for and if not then you're stuck with me forever"

With a forced frown and an eyeing glare "uh, don't remind me!"

She nudges him with a shoulder touch and smiles. He looks down to the slumbering Eve in his sisters arms "you would have made a wonderful mother Myrtle"

Her lips twitch and she shrugs "I'm better at being a big sister anyway"

The door opens and in walks Tom and Annie "Sorry, we didn't mean to intrude… but I need to get changed, some silly bugger spilt Fanta all over me"

Sunny moves to hand Eve to Annie as Tom pulls off his vest top and goes over to his suitcase. Fredrick looks at the boy with a bite of his lip before standing to leave the room "I think I'm going to go 'haunt' the new comers for a while; it's funny when the track suit ones panic"

And he leaves the supernatural beings and he didn't look back for another look at Tom, he didn't… but he did

"It's alright you know" a smooth slick voice says from the shadows, Fredrick just walks by without anything but a meager pause

Hal follows him down the hall and repeats "Look Fredrick, whatever you feel it isn't wrong, it's who you are and I understand that…"

"You understand nothing!" he screams, slamming the vampire into a nearby wall

But Hal just looks at him with his ever calm domineer "to fight a part of you, to bury it so deep and pray to god that no one sees… yes I do, however what you're fighting is something good, a piece of who you are… not like Sunny and I, not something monstrous"

Pushing back the ghost gives a bitter laugh "just… I'm not… don't tell anyone, especially Myrtle"

"I give you my word; however you have to tell her sooner or later. She'll understand Fredrick, she's your sister and she loves you" Hal tries to sooth him

Fredrick looks panicked and shakes his head "I just, she'll look at me different, treat me different. I don't want to lose my sister, I just got her back"

With a true laugh Hal offers in honesty "are we talking about the same woman? Sunny is the most open minded, dependable, annoyingly chipper woman I have ever met. If anyone on this planet would understand it's her"

Biting his lip the nobleman sigh "I'll think about it, but remember Hal; you gave me your word"

And without another word Fredrick is gone leaving Hal to wonder about the ghosts choice and his friends reactions.

Meanwhile Annie and Tom sit with Sunny, a bright powder pink curl twirling around her fingers on the bed between the wolf and ghost, Eve napping peacefully in her crib "did you have loads of servants like?"

"We had six servants, seven if you count Darcie" she answers with a wisp of a smile on her face

Leaning over Annie asks "who's Darcie?"

"She was the daughter of one of our house keepers, born outside of marriage and everyone went ape shit about it, but mum got them a place here and Darcie did her bit, but she was so much more than a cleaner or whatever" she answers solemnly

"What was she then?" he doesn't mean to pry, doesn't realize he's doing it

Turning she gives him a smile with watery eyes and answers "She was my best friend…"

Just then she leans over to rest her head on his shoulder, letting out a heavy sigh. Sunny doesn't know that that simple action sends shockwaves of joy through his veins or puts that stupid childlike grin on his face… how could she?

Slowly and to Tom's dismay she moves "well I missed the end of the tour so I'm going for a nosy, you kids play nice now"

At her smiling tone as she leaves the room Annie looks at the werewolf "I think she's alright"

Sunny was always ok, it came with the name for god's sake but everything was just so overwhelming standing in her parents room and her heart stops a beat as she sees something displayed in the corner, her doll like hand moving to trace it and she can't help it then…

"Alright I'll do it!" Hal nearly dies again, but this time from shock and jumps back from the embroidery magazine

Hand on his chest he groans "Fredrick, your nearly gave me a heart attack… do what?"

With a pace in his step the ghost swallows hard "I want to tell Myrtle that I'm… you know and now before I lose my nerve… could you do it?"

"No, it has to come from you. Its better this way trust me. Now why don't you try down stairs and I'll go check her room and don't worry, everything will be just fine" Hal smiles confidence to the panicked man

Hal makes his way over to Sunny's room, he should be reading up on the latest patterns for his embroidery but this was important and there was no telling if Fredrick would have the nerve to confess at a later date…damn friendship commitments

He was about to knock on her door when he caught a strong aroma of her scent that pulled him into another direction, the door was ajar so he pushed it open. Walking into the room the vampire's mouth falls agape at the sight before him just across the room facing the large mirror was a stripped mannequin and a pink haired wendigo attired in what appeared to be a wedding dress. She looked like a princess wrapped in lace and crystals; almost as though she'd stepped from the pages of a fairytale and into our mysterious world "Sunny…"

She doesn't turn to him, doesn't need to, she can see him in the mirror; if she bothered looking that is, but her eyes never strayed from the cocoon of fabric as she simply states "this was my mother's wedding dress, it was meant to be mine to but… you know. What do you think, Hal? Do you think I look like a bride?"

He walks over to a small glass cabinet and strolls back with something in hand, placing it upon her head. A jewel dusted tiara and a vial almost as long as the dress "now there is no mistaking it. You look beautiful Sunny"

Without word or thought she breaks into tears and suddenly Hal panics, because five hundred years or not, men panic when women cry. So he does the first thing he thinks of and hugs her "Sunny, I'm sorry, please don't…"

"It wasn't supposed to be like this" she sobs heavily, falling into his uncomfortable arms

Confused Hal lifts his head and questions "what do you mean? Sunny I swear you look truly stunning."

"My life, Hal; this wasn't how it was meant to be. I was supposed to get married to Gregory, pick out names and have children, have book clubs where we got drunk and bitched about our husbands. I was supposed to grow old and make jokes about how wrinkled I was with Darcie and die an old woman in my bed surrounded by the people I loved. Not like this, barely reaching twenty and turned into a monster. My mum mourned me, my brothers and sisters, then there's my dad, my father fell apart because I died. I can't imagine him crying, broken… not over me" she sniffled and meet his gaze, still clinging to his finely pressed shirt

He doesn't know why he says it, what compels him to repeat the tale but she's here, sobbing in his arms and pouring her heart out, so he speaks "I never knew my mother, not really, I was born and raised in a brothel but to this day have no idea which one of the women gave birth to me, but I loved them all as if they were her, until one by one they fell prey to the life they had been given… I became a solider and on my death bed was offered this life; I didn't know the consequences of that decision until it was too late. Nothing ever turns out the way we believe it's meant to Sunny, but perhaps there is something good we can gain from it… a second chance"

Her hand glides up from his chest, over the soft flesh of his neck to rest on the stubble bound cheek "you Hal Yorke are a better man than you know"

They both smile and he can still see the lingering of fresh tears on her cheeks and rubs them away with the pad of his thumb, while burrowing into the nape of her cool palm; its soothing, without fear or worry. Minutes must pass before her hand moves to drape around his neck, standing on her tiptoes as she holds him. His muscled arms circle her middle without thought and it's not uncomfortable or awkward, it's nice, heartening … safe

Pulling back to look into his caramel glazed orbs she smiles tenderly, nose brushing nose "thank you Hal"

Then the strangest thing happens, with a quick movement, just a slight jerk of his head and his lips are upon hers. Pulling back he smiles before freeing her to stand once more on her own two feet "your very welcome… please come along, your brother wishes to speak with you"

She nods, taking the vial and crown off her head and turning to change as he waits outside the door, but with the click of the door both pause, hand's raising to touch their lips delicately.

The kiss lasts only a moment or two, but it's the most real thing either had felt in more years than they could count.

Not that they registered that at the time, or even soon after… idiots

They walk down the hall and into the drawing room where Annie, Tom and Fredrick have gathered "Ok, consider me concerned"

Fredrick walks up to his sister and takes her hands "Myrtle, dear sister there is something I must tell you… I'm… I…"

He looks to Hal and the other confused faces "It's alright, you can do this"

With a deep breath he looks back at the blue eyed beauty and quickly says "I'm Gay!"

He looks at her expectantly, not caring for the proud smile from the vampire or the shocked expressions of his two new friends. Sunny stands with a blank face before shrugging "I know…"

Everyone in the room shouts at her in surprise "What?"

Taking her brothers hands tightly she smiles "Fred I've known since you were thirteen and you called Trevor McKenna a dashing angel with heavens smile"

"He was very handsome" Fred declares in self-defense

Nodding she laughs "yep and he knew it and you never shut up about it"

They laugh together and he swallows "so you knew… all this time and you're perfectly fine with it?"

"Fred I don't care and I'm hardly one to judge am I. I just want you to be happy you Muppet!" she says pulling him into a tight hug, the ghost letting out breath he doesn't need

Looking over his shoulder Sunny gets an idea, she gets an unfortunate, brilliant idea and looks her brother in the eye "Fred, maybe confessing to me isn't your unfinished business… maybe you have to be honest with yourself"

He looks at her confused before he walks past him to the werewolf, whispering in his ear, causing him to blush slightly before giving a hesitant nod "um… yeah, I …yeah why not"

"Alright, what?" Annie asks anxiously

Looking to the duo Fredrick's eyes widen in realization "No, no that's really not necessary"

"Don't be ridiculous, it's alright, I mean you're a very handsome man and you're very nice and I'd be honored to help" Tom gives a reassuring smile, always the team player

"You're not talking about what I think you are, are you?" Annie gasps in shock horror

"No, Annie, get your mind out the gutter. Just a kiss… Fredrick?" Sunny reaches her hand out to her brother whose feet seem to overtake his brain because he's walking over to them

Both men are sheepish as Tom smiles that innocent smile "I've never really done this before so I'm sorry if I'm not very good"

"I um, I'm sure you'll be just fine" Fredrick nods, both leaning in slowly

The corner of Hals lips twitch in amusement, Annie standing and trying to gather her mouth off the floor and Sunny just standing in wait. As their lips meet the kiss is slow and gentle, lasting a few seconds before both parties pull away "How was that?"

"That was… great" Fredrick says with s blush on his cheek

"You're just saying that" Tom waves him off

In that moment a light comes from the far wall, all turning to see it… a door, Fredrick's door

"My god" he gasps before turning with watered eyes and rushing to his sister "I don't want to say goodbye. I only just got you back"

"No matter what I've always been your sister, that's never going to change Fredrick… I love you so much" she clings to him

"I love you to Myrtle" he cries before pulling back to look at the others

Taking another step with each word he says, tears running freely "Annie it was amazing to meet you and little Eve, Tom… you're fantastic and a great kisser and Hal, you look after my big sister or I'll be back with reinforcements"

Reaching the door he looks back to his sister "Fredrick could you… tell them…"

"I will… goodbye" they watch as he leaves and door closes, he's gone, he's at peace… at peace with himself

"Bye" she chokes

The others come around her as Tom asks "what now?"

"Now we go home…" Sunny smiles and looks to her friends, her makeshift family

Hal looks at Tom, eyeing him before saying "I knew you were to comfortable pretending to be my boyfriend"

Making them all break out in a fit of laughter "your bloody wish mate"

The door to the home of merry band opens easy enough, turns out picking locks isn't that hard, also hiding a key in the hanging basket helps.

A steady hand glides over the bar, eyes roaming the house before following her scent, Myrtle, into her room. They rummage through the draws, lying on the bed and gently inhale the scent of the pillow "soon princess… we'll be together again soon"

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