Goodbye Johnny

"Mavis, are you ok dear?"

Mavis looked up from her meatloaf and mashed potatoes to smile at the kind older woman. "Yes Mary, I'm fine," she said with a nod.

Mary smiled back before resuming her own meal. Mavis looked back down as she tried to shake the nervousness and enjoy the meal with her boyfriend's family. A hand was placed over her own and she looked to her right to smile at her boyfriend of one year.

After her birthday she and Johnny had traveled over the world. And during that time Johnny had told his parents about her, leaving out the part that she was a vampire of course. After their traveling they decided it was time for Mavis to meet Johnny's parents. She'd spoken to them over the phone and learned about them from Johnny, and they were excited to meet her.

But she was scared. Because they wanted to be honest with them. Completely honest. And that meant no secrets. Like the fact that she wasn't human. She looked around at Johnny's six brothers, five older, one younger and three with wives.

She really hoped they'd still like her.

After dinner was over, Johnny announced that they had something to tell everyone. Mavis stiffened and took deep breaths as she knew this was it. So they went to the living room. And they revealed everything.

Of course, no one believed them. Not that Mavis blamed them, monsters and such were still generally seen as myth by most of the world. Even though they accepted the presence of people with super powers without question.

So, Mavis knew she'd have to do something to prove it. So she walked to one side of the room and then up the wall, onto the ceiling, and across it till she came back down the other wall. Everyone looked at her in shock. Mouths hanging open, eyes wide.

Johnny's nieces and nephews clapped in amazement.

"Monster," came a faint whisper. With her super hearing Mavis immediately knew who it was. She looked at Johnny's mother, who was staring at her in horror.

"You're a monster. A demon!" she shouted.

Mavis raised a hand up to try and calm her down and took a step toward her.

"Stay back!" Mary screamed in fright. Mavis cringed at her harshness and froze.

"Johnny how could you bring a monster here?!" one of Johnny brothers shouted.

"Guys she's just a vampire. A good one. Mavis would never—"

"She a vampire man. I've seen the movies!" Another one said as he eyed Mavis like she were a snake.

"A lot of monsters are actually—"

"She's going to drink us!" one of the wives shouted.

"Now that's not true. I don't drink—"

"Get away!"

"Guys stop!" Johnny shouted as he tried to calm his family as they started to panic. They threw words at Mavis that struck like whips. Monster, demon, abomination, freak, blood sucker. She watched and tried to calm them down. Tried to show them that she wasn't going to hurt them.

The room suddenly went silent and everyone froze as they heard a familiar sound. They turned to the entryway of the living room to see Johnny's father holding a shotgun at the ready, and aiming it at Mavis.

"Dad, put the gun down," Johnny said cautiously.

"I can't do that son. I have to protect my family. YOU STAY BACK!" Johnny's father shouted as she took a step closer.

Mavis flinched and took a step back. "Please, Paul, I'm not gonna hurt anyone," she pleaded softly.

"Oh I wish I could believe that. But I can't," Paul said shaking his head, refusing to believe what was in front of him. Mavis tried one final time, she took a tiny step closer. And Paul fired.

Johnny screamed in absolute horror as the force of the blast sent Mavis flying out the window and into the yard. His brothers held him back as he tried to rush to check on Mavis. The rest of the family stared outside, not moving, holding their breaths.

And then Mavis stood up.

Her healing factor did its job as her body pushed the buck shots out of her stomach and lungs and closed the holes in her skin. And though it hurt, like really hurt. Like OUCH! Getting shot is nothing like how they make it look on TV. What hurt more was the looks they were giving her at just having survived.

She glanced at every horrified face. Faces that she realized wanted to see her never get up again. She was hit by waves upon waves of heartbreak. She'd been so optimistic about the world. But…her father had been right. There were people who wouldn't accept her just because of what she was.

She gazed to Johnny, who was still fighting against his brothers to reach her. She could see the love in his eyes. She loved him as much as he loved her.

And that's why she had to let him go.

For she knew he would choose her over his family. And she couldn't take him from them. For they loved him. His mother and father spoke of him in the highest of praises and pride. She saw how they were just trying to protect him, their baby, from what they believed was dangerous.

Her.

Tears formed in her eyes as her lower lips began to tremble. She took a breath and swallowed the lump in her throat.

"Paul. Mary. I'm sorry," she whispered sincerely. She looked to Johnny and gave him a pained smile. "Goodbye Johnny," she whispered as her heart broke. She turned on her heel, walking out into the darkness.

And as she did Johnny finally broke free. He leapt from the window even as his family shouted for him to stop. He reached for Mavis, not willing to let her go. But in a puff of purple smoke she was gone. She looked up into the night to see a small black figure flitting away into the night…and out of his life.

Mavis flew in a random direction as her tears blinded her. Trying to drown out Johnny's calls that echoed throughout the stillness of the night and tugged at her heart.

She flew all night and into the morning. Never stopping until the rays of the sun started to burn her skin. She flew down and landed in a tree, intent on hiding among its branches. She remained in her bat form as she shook from sobs.

The horrified look and their faces were served into her mind. And the last look on Johnny's face was stabbing her. She cried all morning, and into the night before she took to the air and flew on. Just needing to get as far away from Johnny as she could.

She didn't have a plan. She could always call her father. But she wanted to be alone in her misery.

And as he flew, with no destination in mind, she'd would have never guessed that soon enough her travels would take her to a place where she'd meet the two greatest friends she'd ever have.

And start her career as a hero of Berk.

request from guest. Poor Mavis.