AN: Alright, before thanks I figure I'll satisfy your curiosity's by telling you that yes, Anna and Dracula will eventually be in this story, just gonna take a little while to squeeze them in, lol. Moving on, thanks to Aradia-Hornbeam, HughJackmanFan, finally new reviewers, ghgfhg, vivalaROCK and Ithilwenn

vivalaROCK: Well, I think I answered your question (above : D)

ghgfhg: Eh … what?

Aradia-Hornbeam: Yes! My plan worked! The Queen DOES seem evil and menacing. But also as if she cares for her job, right? Don't all bad guys, though, LOL

Ithilwenn: No problem. I definitely see where you're coming from, though, so it didn't bother me at all. Hmm … Deidre and Drac, huh? That never crossed my mind. It definitely isn't gonna be a Dracula and Anna thing. Those bother me, you know? I mean, I can see the whole Dracula chasing after Anna thing cuz that's what he did in the movie, but Anna returning it doesn't seem right, oh well. As for romance, there's gonna be some later, but it will take a little while, sorry. I'll consider the Amanda and Carl thing, but I have to run it through with my 'supervisors', lol. Gotta see what my siblings think of the idea. I'm co-writing it with Dominick, so …

HughJackmanFan: Yeah, I know it was short, but I was anxious to get it out and couldn't think of how to extend it. But this is longer, right?

Through the Veil

CHAPTER TEN

Groaning angrily, Darey pushed Dommy off of the couch next to her. "Don't touch me," She snapped.

Manda hid a smirk as she quickly looked back at the book she was reading, Francis raised an inquiring eyebrow, Stefie began to laugh hysterically, and Justine joined in. Kaelin had wandered away from the room (more like stomped off) several moments before claiming she wanted to be alone, so it was just the six.

Dommy jumped up from the wooden floor, and took a mock fighting stance. "Bring it on," He said.

"Dommy she just said not to touch her, not she was going to rip your head off if you did," Justine said with a laugh. "God, I love that kid."

Amanda turned her book upside down, and then turned it sideways. "Alright, guys, who can read old fashion?"

Dommy rushed to her side as Darey sat up to try and peer at the book in Amanda's hand.

"Is that … Grimm's book of fairy tales?" She asked.

"Grimm? As in the Grimm reaper?" Dommy asked.

"No, stupid, as in the Grimm brothers. They collected legends across the land in the medieval ages and gathered them up into a book," Francis explained.

"Hey, let me see that," Justine said, standing quickly and taking the book from Amanda. She flipped through the pages, frowning. "Why am I trying to read?" She asked, putting the book on the table besides Amanda.

Stefie turned to the door thoughtfully. "How come we can't talk with them? They're obviously talking about us," She said, referring to Van Helsing, Carl and Ian who were in the drawing room next to them, most likely trying to make sense out of the whole situation.

Darey shrugged easily. "They're adults. Of course they're talking about us, and excluding us at that."

"Adults," Dommy said menacingly. "Argh, I say we go and totally wreak havoc on the people of this town while we can. Who's with me?"

"Dommy, sit down," Amanda said, pulling on his shirt so he stumbled down. "Those freaky women are out there, and in case you didn't notice, they're after us."

"We don't know that," Dommy challenged. "I mean, for all we do know, they just saw us with Van Helsing and figured us a threat!"

"Oh trust me, they were after us. They didn't even go near Van Helsing," Darey pointed out.

"Well obviously they're going to be after us," Francis said. "We just appear out of nowhere. They probably saw us as a small threat. We were with Van Helsing, and we're just teenagers. How could we be expected to defend ourselves? Just think about it, though. We could have told them about Van Helsing."

"Well that just sounds stupid," Stefie said. They watched as she got her all-knowing look on her face. "Just because we're teenagers doesn't mean we can't defend ourselves. Did you see me? I was out there kicking some ass!"

"You take karate," Justine pointed out.

"Well yeah, but I wasn't doing karate. Those women were just stupid," Stefie replied smugly.

"Okay, new plan," Dommy said. "This time, we go back to the graveyard, and we wait for those bitchy -."

"What did Mom tell you about swearing?" Amanda cut in.

"Quiet, I'm being a genius. We get those evil ladies, and this time we – no, we don't tie them to the gravestones – we … throw them in the graves! What do you think?"

Everyone groaned or rolled their eyes at the idea. Couldn't Dommy take anything seriously? Stefie sat up. "Did you hear that?" She asked.

"Hear what?" Amanda asked.

Stefie ignored her, and then stood, crossed the room and pressed her ear against the door where Van helsing and the others supposedly were.

"What are you doing?" Justine exclaimed.

"Oh, why didn't I think of that!" Dommy exclaimed, smacking his forehead before joining Stefie at the door.

"They just left the room," Stefie whispered.

"So why are you whispering?" Amanda whispered back.

"I dunno. It sounded James Bond," Stefie said loudly with a shrug.

"Aaron, John and I were playing James Bond before I disappeared!" Dommy exclaimed.

Darey frowned, and exchanged a glance with Francis. "You think they noticed we're missing by now?" She asked.

Francis swallowed. "Well I'm sure they noticed something's up. It's been almost a day now."

"Hey, let's not think about those things," Amanda said, sitting up quickly. She was more concerned at the moment as to how Kaelin's father would react to her not showing up at home, and maybe it was better if they stayed here for a while.

"Good point!" Stefie said with a grin. "Let's go follow Van Helsing and Carl. And I'm sore Justine wouldn't mind a glimpse of Mr. Undoch again."

Justine picked up a pillow and tossed it lightly at her friend. "I don't like Ian!"

"First name basis already? Justine, you shouldn't have," Darey said lightly.

"I don't like Ian!" Justine exclaimed.

"Oh come on, Justine, you talk in your sleep, and all I heard last night was, 'Ian, I'm madly in love with you'," Stefie joked.

"I don't talk in my sleep!" Now her face was bright red, and Amanda was sure she hadn't seen Justine look so embarrassed since the time … well, since forever.

"Oh my god, you like Ian!" Amanda exclaimed, snorting into a fit of laughter.

"The dictator?" Dommy asked. Then he started laughing as well.

"He's not a dictator," Francis said.

"Oh come on, if I didn't know better, I'd say it's Hitler all over again! Did you see the way he was gonna kill us?" Dommy demanded.

"He isn't like Hitler!" Justine exclaimed.

"Who's Hitler?"

Everyone turned back to the door where Stefie was standing in front of, to see Carl's head poking through.

"You don't know about Hitler?" Stefie asked in surprise.

"Hello, it's the eighteen hundreds. Hitler hasn't even come around yet," Amanda pointed out.

"You mean we traveled back in time?" Dommy asked excitedly. "So, could we put money in a bank, and then reclaim it when we get back home?"

Carl stepped inside, closing the door behind him. "What time period are you from, exactly?" He asked with interest.

"2005," They said in unison.

Carl's eyes widened in disbelief. "Why, the advancements alone must be …" He seemed flabbergasted as his mind attempted to grasp the idea wholly. "Oh, Amanda, you said you would tell me more of your world."

"No fair. You guys were out there talking for over an hour! What's going on?" Francis asked.

"A series of disagreements," Carl said with a sigh. "Mr. Undoch thinks it would be a good idea to just send you home, and Van Helsing believes the Sreain are after you, and you must be properly trained to handle such a situation."

Stefie smirked. "Did you hear that, Justine? Your boyfriend wants to send you home," She said.

"I'm going to get you!" Justine shrieked, jumping off the chair and racing for Stefie, being held back quickly by Darey and Francis. Carl stared at her, wide eyed.

"Let me get this straight," Dommy said. "She can try to pummel Stefie into a pulp, but she can't defend herself against supernatural creatures?"

"Stefie, supernatural creatures? Which do you think it gonna actually succeed in killing her?" Amanda grumbled, walking past him.

"I don't know. Stefie seems pretty evil," Dommy said, narrowing his eyes at her.

"You don't even know her," Francis muttered under his breath, only Justine hearing. She settled back on the floor.

"I'm calm, I'm calm. Alright … no more Ian jokes."

"But you said he was tall, dark, and -."

"Stefie?" Darey said.

"Yes?"

"Don't Just … don't."

"Carl, do you think we could go exploring?" Amanda asked, looking to the friar. He sat up with surprise.

"With those things out there? You should be terrified of the idea," He replied.

"Not outside. At least not yet. I mean the castle. I was checking it out earlier with Kaelin, but a lot of the doors are locked. If you take us, we'll talk more about the future," Amanda suggested.

Carl's eyes lit up a bit. "Well, I suppose I could get some of the keys," He said thoughtfully.

"Awesomosity!" Amanda exclaimed joyously. You guys wanna come?"

"I think I'm gonna go and harass Van Helsing," Dommy replied, looking devious.

"Well don't mention Anna, okay?" Amanda said. Dommy nodded, and then ran off.

"Should you really have done that?" Darey asked.

"He would have done it without my permission, anyways," Amanda replied. "You coming?"

"Nah, I think I'm going to try and gather some research. See what I could find out about these … shree-na's," She said, her eyes looking above her to where the library mist likely was.

"Research?" Carl asked with interest.

"Exploring?" Amanda reminded him.

"Right, right."

"I'll come," Justine said.

"Thank god," Amanda murmured under her breath, smiling thankfully at her friend.

"I'm going to the kitchen!" Stefie announced. "The food beckons me."

"I think I'll go with you," Francis replied.

"Cool!" So the two walked out.

"And she makes fun of me," Justine said, noticing the way Francis and Stefie had looked at each other. The way they always seemed to look at each other, yet no one bothered to comment on.

"So are we going?" Amanda asked excitedly.

"I think I'll head out with you guys," Darey said. "You can show me to the library."

"Alright, let's go!"

An: See, there's some hints at romance, eh? The next six chapters will be short, but I plan on putting them each out at the same time, so … Till next!