Updated: 28/8/2021
Happy 29th Birthday to Me and Happy 55th Birthday to my Dad!
This is the biggest mass update I have done
Chapter .8.
Time Skip…
Dracula and his group (Which including Wayne, Wanda and their children. Frank and Eunice. Griffin, Murray, Blobby, Quasimodo, and his Father Vlad and a few others), were now on their way to Heart Zing Hotel by way of a private jet and its pilot named Ignotus who for some reason refused to give his last name.
The last few weeks at been interesting learning from Deziree, Gill and his friends just how could this hotel was. He wondered why the owner would do this Hotel to suit everyone even humans and other monsters and magicals. He wasn't sure he would have been able to do it.
But hearing of all the amazing things this hotel had he knew he might as well be out of business. As he HAD heard his hotel was way out-of-date. But he still wanted to keep it. So maybe this owner would give him advise.
But for some reason his friends had been tight lipped about who the owner of this incredible hotel was. Something was up but he couldn't tell what and he wasn't sure he had the energy to find out.
As he still thought about Mavis all the time and wondered just where his daughter was in the world now. And wondered if she was happy. As the last time he saw her it didn't go down too well. It has always just been the two of them. So he missed her very much and felt something missing in his life. Mavis gave him joy with her son and even Johnny was a very good friend to him. One of his best friends and it was lonely without them.
But at least he wasn't really alone. As he had his wife Ericka besides him. And trying to help him come into the modern world with his hotel.
But it still wasn't the same.
He was bought out of his thoughts by his wife talking to the two flight attendants Elektra and Ingrid who like the pilot didn't disclosure their last name.
"Have you worked at Heart Zing Hotel long?" Ericka asks.
"You could say that. We grow up there", Ingrid says with a smile.
"Really?" Wanda asks not knowing that.
"Yes. Just Mum and all our siblings together. Along with Mum's friend and her family", Elektra replies.
"How big is your family?" Dracula asks trying to get to know these two.
"Our Mum has 200 kids so you could say we are big", Ingrid chuckles.
"That's a hell of a lot of kids!" Vlad exclaims.
"It was never lonely growing up. There was ALWAYS someone to play with and talk too. And Mum was really good at spending time with ALL her children. We never felt left out", Elektra tells them.
"200 kids?" Ericka asks shocked.
"Yes. And Mum now doesn't want more children. She is happy with the family she has", Ingrid replies.
"What about your Father?" Dracula asks.
They share a look and Dracula and the others saw the pain in their eyes before they covered it up.
"We never knew our Dad", Elektra replies sadly.
"He walked out on you?" Wayne growls as he knew these children were Mavis's so where was Johnny?
"Something came up that was out of his control. But Mum is a saint to have to but up with all of us", Ingrid replies.
"Do your other siblings work for the Hotel?" Ericka asks.
"Yes they do in one way or another. But Mum always told us to follow our dreams even if it meant leaving the hotel and doing something far way from her", Ingrid replies.
"But we never did. Sure we went to school and travelled and got our degrees from the best collages around the world. But we always came back home in the end", Elektra replies smiling.
"I remember how Mavis and I got along with our Hotel and I miss those days she would try and get me to let her travel. Or the times she would help out with the hotel. Some monsters loved the fact a Father and Daughter could work so well together", Dracula admits.
"Same with us. But unlike you we would never take our Mother for granted and forget what she had sacrificed and down for us", Elektra tells them.
"What do you mean by that?" Ericka asks.
"You don't even know us", Dracula says eyes narrowing.
"You would be surprised Dracula", Ingrid replies.
"So is your Mother a good enough woman?" Vlad asks.
Before Ingrid or Elektra could answer. Deziree does.
"Oh course she is! She has offered to pay for a lot of the wedding. Without her we wouldn't be able to afford it!" Deziree replies.
"Can she really do that?" Ericka asks.
"Sure she is the boss. And it is not like her money is going to waste. Mum and our family are quite wealthy as you will see for yourselves", Ingrid replies.
"She is right. Just seeing the hotel I would guess it cost millions upon millions to create", Gill tells them.
"And then some", Elektra replies smirking at their shocked looks.
They didn't know what to say for that.
What reason could there possibly be for a wealthy woman to help total strangers without anything in return? There HAD to be a catch for all of this.
"Does your Hotel have any problems with people who can't accept each other? Like Humans and Monsters?" Vlad asks.
"Yeh I was wondering about that", Ericka admits.
"We have a zero tolerance policy for any discrimination based on your species. Mum has no problems kicking anyone out who breaks her rules", Ingrid tells them.
"How would your guests know the rules?" Dracula asks.
"They are posted at the front of the Hotel. The website too. And your given a copy when you book and check-in and have to sign an agreement of which you have read the rules and understand them. So if you break them you have no grounds to say your weren't warned", Elektra informs them.
"Mum made these rules very early on. She has changed them as the time goes on. And my siblings Yvaine, Jason, Jade and Elijah are lawyers for the Hotel. A Hotel as such as ours must have a team of lawyers ready to work at ALL times. Just in case something happens that we need to take legal action. It is easy to have my four siblings on standby and they can be fully trusted. And others might not be as trusted", Ingrid adds.
Dracula had to admit this woman was thorough. And seemed to be very, very cautious of any type of situation. But why?
He hoped he would get along with the owner. So he maybe could get ideas from her. And maybe get her help of keeping his Hotel going. His pride said not to get help. But his practical side said that without help his beloved Hotel might not make it much longer.
Suddenly a voice comes over the speakers.
'This is your pilot Ignotus speaking. We are approaching Heart Zing Hotel's private landing stripe. Please fasten all seatbelts and prepare for landing'
Dracula guessed he would get his answers about the new owner very soon.
If only he knew that everything would change in just a blink of an eye in just a little over an hour…
Heart Zing Hotel…
Mavis looked nervously over her Hotel's grounds from her office. She was nervous and so much more.
As today she would get reunited with her Father. The Father she still hadn't forgiven yet and if she could have it her way would not have been reunited with him now.
She still haven't got over what he did.
How could she when it was like a slap in the face to Johnny's memory?
And to add to her fury, pain and grief her Father still had the murder on his staff. And that bastard would be coming to HER Hotel, into Johnny's legacy. She still wanted to murder the bastard that cost her, her beloved Johnny, her Zing.
She had already planned for Quasimodo to be watched the entire time he was in her Hotel. And if she caught him doing anything he shouldn't. She wouldn't hold back on what she would do to him.
Suddenly she hears a knock on her door.
"Come in", Mavis replies after clearing her throat to shake off her grief.
To her relief it was her daughter Honey and her son Elias.
"Hi Mum. How are you going?" Honey asks hugging her followed by Elias.
"I am fine", Mavis lies.
"Don't lie to us Mum. You know we can tell a lie when we hear one", Elias tells her.
It was true Honey was a Councillor and Elias was a Therapist. They had them at the Hotel just in case someone needed their skills.
One could thing about having a large family was that they all had different skills and jobs and basically everyone was covered.
"I could be better", Mavis amends.
"Do you think you will talk to your Father?" Elias asks.
"I must. But it doesn't mean I forgive him", Mavis replies.
"Mum, Dad would want you to get along with your Father and his family again", Honey tells her.
"Maybe. But forgiveness is something earned. And as far as I know he hasn't done it yet", Mavis replies.
"Maybe you should give him a chance to do just that", Elias advises.
"I am", Mavis half-lies.
"No your not. Your doing this wedding to help an old friend and a girl you happen to feel attached too. Tell us honestly if they hadn't come here for the wedding would you have talked to your Father now?" Honey asks.
Their Mothers silence said it all.
"Just think about it Mum. Dad won't hate you for wanting to give Grandfather another chance", Elias says softly.
"Maybe. Maybe not. I guess we will never find out will we?" Mavis says rhetorically with slight anger in her voice.
Before anyone else could say anything.
Mavis's daughter Lilliandia comes in. Lilliandia was her Executive Assistant.
"Yes Lilli?" Mavis asks.
"Tristan just called", Lilliandia says, Tristan was her brother and the Airport manager, "He says the plane is touching down and everyone should be here in an hour"
"Any problems?" Mavis asks after taking a deep calming breath.
"Ignotus reported to Tristan there hasn't been", Lilliandia replies.
"Thank you Lilli", Mavis replies.
"Will you be coming down to greet them? Or will you have Auntie Jasmine and Dennis do it?" Lilliandia asks.
"I will…"
Dracula and his party had been shown to a bus to take them to the Hotel. Those that hadn't been to the Hotel before gasp at the huge building. It had to be the tallest building in the world and the grounds seemed to stretch on for a mile or more.
"Oh this place is gorgeous", Ericka gasps.
"I admit the outside looks amazing", Dracula admits.
"Wait to you see the inside", Deziree says excited about them seeing everything.
And the ones who knew about who the Owner of this Hotel was, were looking forward to Dracula's surprise.
That's if Mavis was going to greet them.
The bus pulls up and they get out to find three men waiting with who the ones who visited before recognised as Lunabella the Events Manager.
"Luna!" Deziree calls and rushes to hug the woman who laughs.
"It is good to see you too my new friend", the woman says with a smile.
"You too!"
"Good evening everyone. I hope your flight was pleasant. For those that don't know my name is Lunabella and I am the Events Manager for your function. These are my brothers Lukas who is the Head Valet and will now get the bus out of here", Lunabella tells them.
Lukas immediately does that.
"These are Zephyr other brother and Head of Security and another brother Terry the Security Guard", Lunabella tells them pointing at the two bulky men.
Something to Dracula was familiar about them. They resembled someone. He just couldn't put his finger on it.
"Now follow me and we will get you ALL checked in", Lunabella says turning on her heels and leading them inside.
Dracula noticed that the security guards seemed to be looking at Quasimodo with mixed emotions including loathing, anger and suspicion.
The group gasp at the foyer.
Where many different people were milling around.
"This is absolutely amazing whoever designed this must be one of the best architects in the world", Ericka says to them.
"That would be our Mother. She built and designed this place from the ground up. I am sure she will be glad to hear that", Lunabella replies.
"Where is your Mother, the Owner of this fine Hotel?" Dracula asks.
Suddenly a voice comes from behind them.
"I am right here…Count Dracula or should I call you Father"
Author's Note: What do you think? Please Review:)
The big moment is here to reunion between Mavis and Dracula.