Author's Note: It was recommended to me that I need to include biographies for my OC's and semi OC's
Brett is Jonathan's oldest brother. He is 7 years older than Johnny, making him 28 at this time. He is first seen in Hotel Transylvania 2 as Jonathan's best man, standing beside Jonathan's backpack. Unknown to everyone except Mike, and at this point Mavis, he sprouted fangs and became a vampire at age 4. He is voiced by Anthony Jeselnik
Kent is Johnathan brother, between older than Johnny, but younger than Brett. He is 4 years older than Johnny, making him 25. He is first seen in HT2, walking the blue tentacle monster down the aisle during Johnny and Mavis's wedding. He is voiced by Bo Burnham
Samantha, or Sam is the wife of Brett. She does not appear in any of the films and is 3 months younger than Brett. She is 5'4, with a slender build and dark brunette hair. She has blue eyes that look similar to the picture of Martha. She is voiced by Carrie Underwood.
Jenna is Jonathan's younger sister. She is 4 years younger than Johnny, making her 17 at this time. She can be seen in HT2 as Mavis's bridesmaid who is cowering from the green monster while taking pictures. She is voiced by Becky G. Her name is courtesy of Sweetbury771
Chapter 14
Prophecy
"What could have Martha told you about him?" The woman on the phone asked to Griffin.
The invisible man had to be discreet. He was not aware of how many monsters that Martha had told, but if Jonathan was the human that she had spoken of, then it could be the start of an entirely new era for all humans and monsters. "She thought her daughter would have a great purpose in the world." He couldn't tell this potential friend the whole story until he could confirm some of the details that Martha had prophesied about the human who would end the fear between the two races.
"That's not everything," the woman said with a slight growl. "You're holding something back."
"I can say more when I confirm what I hope is true about him." Griffin really hoped that Jonathan was the one that Martha had spoken of, but there was something special about the human that Martha mentioned. "I have two weeks to confirm it. But, if I am wrong about him, then I fear our cause is impossible." Griffin had never before sounded so stoic in his life.
"When will you know?" The lady asked starting to sound nervous.
"Mavis and her boyfriend should be back here in a week, from what I have been told. I will ask her if she suspects anything about his lineage then."
"May the stars help you if you're wrong," she said slowly.
"If I'm wrong, then our struggle will never end. The fear and hatred might never cease. May the stars help us all indeed."
The two hung up their phones after this. Griffin was more worried than he ever had been before. He prayed that he was right about Jonathan; he had to be the one the Martha spoke of, or else the glorious day their cause sought would never come.
"Mavis, what's wrong?" Jenna asked her during the mid afternoon in her room. Jenna could tell that there was something bothering Mavis, and it was definitely more than just that evening's events.
Mavis had come to see Jenna as almost a sister, and she wanted to confide in her. However, this was impossible, since the rules still required discreteness about the parliament with non monsters. "I'm just a little nervous about tonight, I guess."
"Mavis, I've always been able to tell when someone is hiding something from me." Jenna went closer to Mavis, hugging her, "Please don't lie to me. I really want to help."
Mavis wanted to just admit what was troubling her. Her mother had told Jenna the whole truth about her in a dream; there had to be a reason why she thought that Jenna was ready to know about their kind. "It's just," Mavis started to say with tears filling her eyes, "I'm scared for Johnny."
Jenna had suspected that it involved her brother, but knew that she shouldn't pry too much. There may be things that Mavis just isn't ready to share yet, and Jenna had to respect that. "Why?" Jenna asked with a chuckle. "Johnny doesn't let anything bother him."
"I know," Mavis replied with a smile, "but this time may be different. We had hoped to be able to see New York and some of Europe before going home," Mavis frowned when she said going home, since it really wasn't his home yet. "But, we have to be back for something really important in about a week and a half."
"But why are you so scared about it?"
"Because if it doesn't go right, it could be really bad for Johnny."
"You're not going to try and turn him, are you?" Jenna looked right into Mavis's eyes, and was starting to tear up as well. "Your mom said that you wouldn't have to."
"I wish it was that simple," a small chuckle accompanying Mavis's words, "but it is much more dangerous than that. It's just," but she was interrupted by the door being flung open.
"Auntie Jenna, Auntie Mavis!" A boy was shouting at them.
Jenna just shook her head at him, "Troy, didn't anyone ever teach you to knock?"
Troy looked at her fearfully. "Sorry," he said with his head down.
Mavis just smiled at him, "It's okay. What's up?"
"Do you want to play?" with a smile returning to his face as he asked Mavis.
"She can't, Troy," Jenna answered. "She has to start getting ready to go out, but I can play with you. Just give me another minute with Mavis first."
"Okay," Troy said slightly disappointed, as he left Jenna's room.
"Kids," Jenna said sounding slightly disgusted while shaking her head, "what can you do?"
"Just be glad there's only one of him," Mavis chuckled as she thought of what a litter of wolf pups could do.
"There's not," Jenna answered with a smile returning to her face. "They have another boy, Parker."
"Will I get to meet him?" Mavis asked excitedly.
Jenna frowned, "No. He's with Sam's parents in Sacramento." Jenna pulled out her phone, and showed Mavis some of the pictures of Parker she had.
"How old is he?" Mavis asked as she hadn't yet figured out how human ages compared to a vampire's.
"He's a year and a half."
Mavis thought to what a vampire at two years would look like. One would look similar to the boy, as they age similarly to humans until when a vampire gets their fangs, then their aging slows significantly. "He's really cute!"
"Well, you better start getting ready. Dad wants to leave in about an hour, so just have a good time, sis."
The two girls shared one more embrace before Mavis left to go back to Jonathan's room. "Thanks, sis."
Everyone met in the family room shortly after sunset. They would all ride together to the bar, with the exception of Kent, who had left earlier. The men wore blue jeans and t-shirts, while the women varied their outfits. Mavis worn her usual outfit, while Sam wore a red skirt and black blouse. Linda wore tan slacks and a cream blouse.
On the ride over, Jonathan reminded Mavis that she was to tell anyone who asked how old she was, that she was 23 years old. That would confirm the age listed on her passport, and would lessen anyone's suspicion that she wasn't human. Mavis was a little concerned that if she would be exposed it could leave to a panic, but Jonathan wasn't going to allow her to worry about it. "We've had good luck so far. No reason to think it won't keep goin'." Jonathan hugged Mavis as he finished speaking.
Mavis was still worried. She still couldn't understand how Jonathan could be so nonchalant about almost everything. She whispered to him, "But how do you know?"
Jonathan leaned in close to Mavis and kissed her on the cheek, and whispered to her, "I don't, but I know when not to worry about things. This is one of those times; just roll with it." He wanted to tell her that having to appear before the parliament was something to worry about, but didn't want to upset her. He just kept his arm around her shoulder for the remainder of the trip.
The family arrived at the bar about 9:00, and there weren't many people there yet. No one was sure exactly how many people would be there that night. Mavis hoped that the turnout would be light, but was worried that she might accidentally expose herself. She hoped that Brett could help her to keep her true nature a secret, as he wanted to keep his secret also.
There was a sign-up sheet next to the DJ stand that Kent was working on, and Mavis was surprised to see her and Jonathan's names on them. She found Johnny and asked him in a demanding tone, "What exactly did you sign us up for?"
Jonathan didn't know either. He answered in a surprised voice, "What are you talking about?"
Mavis pointed at the piece of paper next to Kent.
They both went to look at it, and Jonathan laughed when he saw what it was for. Mavis wasn't amused. She snapped at him, "What's so funny?"
"Sorry, Mavy," he answered as he stopped laughing. "It's for a karaoke contest. It should be fun!"
"What's kari…," she was having issues pronouncing the word, and tried again, "kar-i-ok-i?"
Brett had seen them go up to the sheet, and looked at it himself. He then heard Mavis ask about it, and he saw that he had also been signed up. He recognized the handwriting and let out a small sigh before telling them, "Must of been mom," he said sounding slightly annoyed.
Mavis still looked confused at the two brothers, "But what is it?"
Brett answered her, "Dad always said that it is Japanese for 'drunk people singing very badly'." All three of them laughed at his answer. "Basically, you sing along to a song. It'll be fun." Brett looked at the list again and saw that he and Sam, in addition to their parents had been signed up as well. He chuckled as he recognized the handwriting, as it was Kent's.
Their brother had a chance to talk to them for a minute, as he could control his DJ equipment from his iPad. Kent saw that they looked upset at him, and figured it was because he had signed them up without telling them first. "Sorry," he said slowly, scared that Mavis might try to hurt him. "But Jenna heard you singing, Mavis. She said you have a great voice, and sunshine over here," he said pointing to Jonathan, "always sings in the shower."
"It's ok, I guess," Mavis answered. "But why didn't you ask first?"
Kent looked guilty, and said nervously, "It was mom's idea."
Jonathan just shook his head and said, "I should of known she was behind this." He looked at Mavis, and asked a little apprehensively, "If you don't want…"
Mavis cut him off. She had a smile on her face again, as she assumed she wanted them to get to know each other better. "It might be fun, but what do we sing?"
Kent gave them a list of several duets that he had in karaoke versions to consider. They went towards the back of the bar to discuss it. Meanwhile, Brett went to ask Sam about it. She had a reaction similar to Mavis; she only wished that Linda would have asked, but never the less was happy to do it. Sam loved to sing, and had tried out a few times for American Idol, but never made the cut.
Shortly after 10:00, the crowd began to fill in, but there was still only about 60 people. This was Mavis's first time interacting with a large crowd of humans and was worried that someone might start a panic if someone found out what she really was. Jonathan would stay near her for most of the night, and hopefully he'd be able to diffuse any potential issues. Luckily, no one would even suspect there was anything different about Mavis, even though a few of the couples talked to her and Jonathan.
The karaoke contest began about an hour later. Linda and Mike, who was the least thrilled of anyone in the family about being "volunteered" for it, went first. They sang Up Where We Belong by Joe Cocker and Jennifer Warnes. Despite the fact he didn't want to sing, Mike had a beautiful baritone voice, while Linda was a mezzo-soprano. They performed a beautiful rendition, apart from the fact that Mike was slightly off key.
Brett and Sam followed Brett's parents. They sang It's Your Love by Faith Hill and Tim McGraw. Sam had a beautiful soprano voice, but unfortunately Brett was completely tone-deaf. There were many snickers because of the difference in their voices, but it was all in fun.
A few other couples went in before Mavis and Jonathan, but it was worth the wait, as the song they picked was beautifully performed. They sang Somewhere Out There by Linda Ronstadt and James Ingram, and they nailed it. There weren't many dry eyes inside after they were done. As they finished the song, their eyes locked, and they shared one of the deepest kisses they had ever had. At that moment, they knew for certain that they belonged together, and they wouldn't let anyone keep them from being husband and wife. It wouldn't matter what the parliament would say.
As the bar was about to have last call, Jonathan wanted to sing one more song for Mavis. He chose to sing Good Directions by Billy Currington. It seemed perfect to Jonathan, since it was completely by accident that he found the hotel, and not to mention Mavis. Had he not followed the "good directions" of Martha to the Castle Lubov, and then ultimately to the hotel, he would have never found Mavis. Jonathan knew that everything that had happened to him in the last year was all leading him to the moment that would take place in about two weeks. Martha wouldn't allow them to fail. They would be together forever, no matter what it would take.
The last song of the night, was sung by Mike. He chose I Would Do Anything for Love, But I Won't Do That by Meatloaf. This was a song that was more his style, and it brought tears to everyone's eyes, especially when Linda joined him for the final few verses, with her questioning what he would do for her. (Bold text is Linda, Underlined is Mike)
Will you raise me up? Will you help me down?
Will you get me right out of this god forsaken town?
Will you make it all a little less cold?
I can do that.
I can do that.
Will you hold me sacred? Will you hold me tight?
Can you colorize my life? I'm so sick of black and white!
Can you make it all a little less old?
I can do that.
I can do that.
Will you make me some magic with your own two hands?
Will you build an emerald city with these grains of sand?
Can you give me something I can take home?
I can do that.
I can do that.
Will you cater to every fantasy I got?
Will you hose me down with holy water if I get too hot?
Will you take me places I've never known?
I can do that.
Oh, whoa I can do that.
After a while you'll forget everything,
It was a brief interlude, and a midsummer night's fling.
And you'll see that its time to move on.
I won't do that.
I won't do that.
I know the territory, I've been around.
It'll all turn to dust, and we'll all be fall down.
Sooner or later, you'll be screwing around.
I won't do that.
No, I won't do that
After Mike and Linda finished their song, Mavis knew exactly why Mike had picked it. It described how true zinging love had to be, and how no matter what, the two of them would be there for each other. Mavis was ready to commit to that. She was about certain that Jonathan would be as well. She vowed to tell him about turning him after the meeting of the committee. She knew that she wanted to be with him forever.
