A/N: This chapter will be a bit lighter in the beginning and then get more serious as it goes on.

I personally made Dr. Whale a character that you could hate and made Van Helsing a bit more "human".

At first, I wanted Van Helsing to be hated as much as Dr. Whale, but decided against it.

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Laura and Carmilla were in the kitchen with Emma. The Sheriff was putting a box of the cereal, Chokoa Crunch, to eat. It was a purple box with a creepily smiling vampire version that looked like a better version of the Count Dracula from Sesame Street.

Emma had grabbed from the fridge milk box titled "Soy Tasty" with MINE written on it in red sharpie.

"Emma, don't drink that! It's Carm's…"

Laura wasn't able to finish the sentence before Emma had poured out the synthetic blood onto her cereal.

"Oh gross! What the hell, Carmilla?"

"Laura was warning you, but you didn't listen."

"You have to be more careful with this stuff."

"This stuff is saving me and keeping everyone safe."

"Yeah well, you need to label it better."

"The label was perfectly fine before."

"It's okay Emma, the same thing happened to me when Carmilla was my roommate from hell."

"No surprise that she was a bad one."

Carmilla rolled her eyes, "What can I say? I hadn't planned to fall in love with a nerdy blonde, but it happened."

"I didn't intend to fall in love with a woman that didn't want me to be with my son, but life's weird that way."

Laura smiled, "It's just nice to see that things worked out for the both of us."

"Is there anything else that I need to be aware of?"

"If it says MINE in red sharpie, don't touch."

"Why is some of the food labeled like that? That's obviously not blood!"

"Regina wanted me to get you off your diet."

"Hah, like hell I will!"

"I put blood in every since one of those burgers."

Emma wasn't going to take the risk, so she closed the fridge.

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Granny had let out a sigh of relief when she saw Van Helsing bring Ruby back.

"I smelled that horrible man and was worried."

"He ran away like a little bitch."

Granny chuckled, "I see."

She turned towards Van Helsing and the two exchanged a private conversation.

"I assume that you are working for Dr. Whale."

"Not anymore. Once I saw that he had taken your granddaughter, I immediately canceled our contract. I might not like the idea that the both of you aren't human, but you're not causing any harm to this town."

He paused for a moment, "I best be on my way."

"How will you be getting home?"

"I'm not sure, but it will happen by nightfall."

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Carmilla was becoming restless and as the night approached, she had made the decision that it's time to leave.

The four of them had just finished eating dinner when Carmilla said, "Laura, we need to leave."

"But we just got here, Carm!"

"We have overstayed our welcome, Laura."

"We haven't even been here for two weeks!"

"I know, but we can't keep imposing on Emma and Regina."

Regina said,"You two aren't imposing, but we do need to figure out how the two of you can cross the town line. I might know someone who might be able to solve this predicament."

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The four of them were looking at the town line and Rumpelstiltskin was with them.

"I'm surprised that I was contacted about how to cross the town line. I knew that we had newcomers, but this is the first time that I have actually seen them."

"Hi, I'm Laura and this is my girlfriend, Carmilla."

Laura offered her hand and Rumple had shook it.

"Well Dearies, it's time that we begin."

Rumple no longer needed his cane, which he was grateful for, so he could inspect the line better.

Everyone in Storybrooke was able to leave, so he was in no danger.

"What happened when you tried to cross the line before?"

"I was holding Laura when I tried to cross over it and felt like I was burning from the inside out. It was a lot worse than being exposed to the sun for a long period of time."

"Ah, a vampire then. Have you tried to have Laura cross it by herself?"

"No, I couldn't risk that."

"You never told me that you got burned!" Laura said.

Carmilla sighed, "I didn't want to worry you. Regina and I think I probably couldn't cross because I'm a vampire. You might have a better chance though."

Rumple nodded as he stood up, "That maybe the case, but there's only one way to find out. The problem is that once someone crosses this line, there's a possibility that they can't find this place again. Does anybody have a spell prepared for it?"

"I was waiting on you, Rumple, because you have the rest of the ingredients that I need." Regina said.

"Of course, Your Majesty. By all means gather what you need to in my shop."

There was a purple puff of smoke and a moment later, Regina appeared once more with the rest of the ingredients.

Regina had made the potion without any trouble.

"I was only able to make enough for one person. It will take hours to make a new one."

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Carmilla was staring at the town line and looked back at Laura, "You need to be the one to leave."

"What?! I'm not leaving you!"

"You have to. Look at me, Laura."

The vampire rested her forehead against her human's.

"You can cross over safely and you can go to your Dad's. You'll be safe there and…"

"No, I refuse! My Dad knows about you and he trusts you. Even if he does go overboard at times, he specifically told me that you were the right one for me."

"I understand that, but Laura, you'll be safe out there. In here, you're trapped."

"You can't make that decision for me!"

"I can make any decision that is deemed fit if it means that you'll be protected."

Laura shouted, "Carmilla Karnstein, you're stuck with me until the end of my days, so if you ever send me across that line, I will never forgive you!"

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Van Helsing had been on his way to the town line when he heard the name that made his blood boil.

He heard someone shout, "Carmilla Karnstein, you're stuck with me until the end of my days, so if you ever send me across that line, I will never forgive you!"

The slayer had picked up his pace until he was hiding in the bushes to see what would happen between Carmilla and the human in front of her.

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"Laura, this isn't a damn joke! I need to know that you're safe. What if…"

Carmilla felt someone or something slam into her, knocking her off of her feet. The being that had collided into her body had caused them to be a few feet from the line.

She grew tense when she smelled the familiar scent.

"How the hell did you find me?"

Van Helsing stood up, but he had a special blade pointed at Carmilla's throat, "If you move one muscle, Karnstein, I will do it right in front of everyone."

Laura wasn't prepared at all.

One minute, Carmilla was in front of her and talking, then the next, she was knocked to the ground by someone.

She realized that the individual that now had a sword pointed at Carmilla's throat was none other than the man named Van Helsing.

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Emma, Regina, and Rumple didn't move a muscle when they saw that Carmilla was in a risky situation.

Laura tried to stay calm, " , please let Carmilla go! She isn't the same vampire you met before."

Van Helsing put slight pressure on the blade so that Carmilla remained where she was.

"I don't exactly know what your relationship to Karnstein is, but I can assure you that nothing has changed. She is still the same monster that took away my family from me."

"Carmilla's my girlfriend."

Van Helsing frowned when facing Laura, "You would be with a vampire knowing what she has done to my family?"

"She did horrible things in her past, but like I said, she's changed! She tried to rescue the girls that she gave to her mother, defied her mother for me, and set her past love free by surrendering her human life. Please, let her go."

"I'm afraid that I can't do that. I don't know what spell she has put you under, but it will vanish once she is executed."

He returned his gaze to Carmilla, "Before I kill you, is there anything that you want to do?"

"Yes, let Laura cross the line."

"Even when facing your own death, you care about what happens to a human?"

"She's more than just any human and she shouldn't have to see this."

Van Helsing sighed, "Very well, I will let her cross the line. The others must go though since this is between you and me."

Carmilla didn't argue with him.

Emma wanted to give this Van Helsing guy some trouble, but Regina held her back.

"Emma, we will have to help them from afar. I want to intervene as much as you do, but we can't risk him harming anybody else."

The blonde Sheriff knew that she was right, so she allowed Regina to teleport them away from where everyone was gathered.

Rumple was more amused by how this was going to town out, but didn't want to deal with something as troublesome as Van Helsing.

He had returned to his shop and put a magic spell that would silence whatever was about to happen.

He had seen more than enough bloodshed in his time, so he doubted that he was "missing out" on anything.