Young Dracula – Outtakes

Hello, hello, hello. I'm back with another outtake. Sorry I didn't publish yesterday I was miserable and was reading fanfictions and by the time I'd finished I'd realised it was too late to type up a new chapter and publish it – well, late if you live in the UK. Anyway I've realised that I've done over twenty chapters worth of fanfiction – I'm rather impressed I thought I would update once a moth never mind like five times a week!

Enough bragging; this one I put a lot of thought into and to be honest at first I wasn't sure what I was going to write because usually I don't have time to think things up until I'm on the bus home.

So I hope you enjoy this one as much as I enjoyed writing it.

I don't own Young Dracula despite my wishing…

Looking Forward in Pessimism – Based between episodes 5 and 6

Ingrid was turning fifteen and was really, really looking forward to it; she was completely thrilled by this.

Vlad on the other hand was far from thrilled and was completely depressed, as for Vlad Ingrid's birthday was yet another reminder of what was "destined" to happen to the Dracula children.

It was a destiny Vlad wanted to avoid; a destiny he didn't want to be a part of.

With Ingrid constantly bragging about how she only had a year left until she became a bloodsucking, evil vampire and mostly importantly immortal; Vlad found himself spending less and less time in Stokely castle despite the fact Robin in an attempt to cheer Vlad up was coming to sleep over after Ingrid's birthday Vlad found himself spending large amounts of time alone outside of school.

Robin was grounded until the end of the week and Chloe was constantly doing work all the time and for once Vlad didn't feel like doing normal breather work.

So Vlad ended up spending hours and hours of time in the grassy areas of Stokely under the pretence of exploring but really trying to make of what breather life he had left.

Exactly three days before Ingrid's birthday Vlad was wondering in a grassy meadow letting himself be immersed in sunlight luxuriating at the feel of it.

Vlad knew that eventually he and his family would have to leave Stokely and when that day came Vlad would almost definitely lose the human/ breather life he loved and adored so much. There was no way that Vlad would ever find friends like Robin and Chloe elsewhere in the world in his mind.

That was only one way he could be separated from his human life. One of the others was when Vlad turned sixteen. There was not a single shred of doubt in Vlad's mind about whether after when he transformed at sixteen he would be able to still to his breather life; it would end completely; the Vladimir Dracula that had been living and breathing the last sixteen years would fade away absorbed by the evil monster within.

Okay, that was a little bit of an over dramatisation but Vlad felt that it was the truth mostly.

Vlad had seen goodness in his father in the past and the possible hints of what Count Dracula had been like before he transformed. Therefore pat of Vlad would survive but not enough to have a drastic effect on the monster within.

Vlad went through these thoughts of depression twice a year. The times of year being around Indri's and his birthdays; every time that Vlad could remember Vlad would dwell on vampirism and whether it was a good thing or a bad thing. Did the pros outweigh the cons?

In Vlad's mind every time Vlad had asked himself that question his answer had been no. the pros didn't outweigh the cons.

All his life or unlife, Vlad had watched from a distance the breathers; wondering what life was like for them. Looking and seeing what he wanted but could never truly have no matter how hard he tries. Unless…

The only other way out was to either properly die or run away with Vlad praying that the transformation would never come or find a way of becoming human. The last option seems the only viable one to Vlad even though he had considered the second one just in case. Vlad didn't want to die when there was still so much he wanted to do… (This explains episode eight when Vlad plans to run away)

Vlad had planned the run away down to the minute. He knew that he would have to sneak away during the day when his father couldn't come out after him and then he would have to literally have to run as far as he could so no one else could catch him and if it worked Vlad had figured he would have to find somewhere to stay but at sixteen it would be as much trouble than at twelve so he could get a job or join the army and try and lead a normal breather life.

Vlad sighed as all this went through his head as it normally did and looked up to the sun wishing with all his might that he could have as much time as possible having a breather life.

I loved writing this! I really got a sense of what Vlad is really like inside. I can understand him so much better now!

Anyway thank you for reading and please review.

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