Prologue
Mary and Simon are now happily married with a daughter, Jeri, who is coming
home from college in LA. The ashes of Dracula are still locked away in the
vault Mary's father built, which she and Simon guard.
Mary happily hung up the banner that read 'Welcome Home Jeri!' with Jeri's best friend, Kylie. Jeri was returning from college in LA for three months. Mary couldn't wait. Her daughter has grown up to be so beautiful and she missed her so much. All around the area were chips, drinks and her new laptop they bought her. Jeri was twenty and had one more year of college to attend.
While Mary and Kylie set up the rest of the decorations, Simon was in the study, Van Helsing's old office polishing one of the weapons he collected. He, too, was happy his daughter was coming home for three whole months. They had so much to talk about. After he placed the weapon away, Mary stepped into the room.
"Everything all right in here?" she asked Simon, who pressed the button to hide the weapons. The weapons suddenly turned into a beautiful piece of artwork.
"Everything is perfectly fine, dear," Simon replied pulling out Van Helsing's diary to read more of his research on Dracula. Mary, however, looked around the room sadly. She missed her father and wished she could have said something to him before Dracula's "whores" (the term Mary used) killed him. Mary looked out to make sure Kylie was busy fixing up the room before walking in and closing the door.
"When are we going to tell her?" Mary asked Simon who paused at the section about Dracula's hate towards God to look at Mary.
"Mary, we've been through this," Simon responded with slight anger in his tone. "We promised not to tell Jeri of her relation to him so we do not put her in harms way."
"But we have been lying to her her entire life," Mary said sitting down in front of Simon. "And I'm tired of it. We have to tell her."
"Mary," Simon said before he was interrupted.
"No, Simon," Mary yelled jumping from her seat. "We're telling her!"
"Can't it wait a few days?" Simon asked standing up to meet eyes with Mary. "I mean, she is returning home today. We don't want to throw this thing in her face right away."
"You're right," Mary replied. "We'll tell her in a month." Mary and Simon both agreed on telling Jeri who true relation with Dracula, the monster that killed her grandfather and nearly her mother and father in one month.
Two hours later, a cab pulled up in front of the building where Mary and Simon lived. Jeri stepped out pulling out two suitcases with her. She was a decent size, around 5'7 with a body to die for. She was perfectly in shape. She had dark eyes, almost the color of Dracula's. Her hair was a mixture of dark brown and red from both Dracula and her father, which was an inch passed her shoulders. She took a deep breathe before opening the door. She was nervous to be home, but also excited.
When Jeri opened the door the lights were all off. She looked around curiously before placing down her bags. She had another bag wrapped around her shoulders. She slid it off and wondered where everyone was.
"Hello?" she cried out with her charming British accent echoing throughout the halls.
"Jeri." a quiet voice whispered out in the darkness. Jeri froze at the voice before the lights switched and on and Mary, Simon, Kylie, Chester, Jo Lynn and Colleen yelled out welcome home. Jeri let out a sigh of relief when she saw the banner and food. She was glad to see her parents. Also her best friends Kylie, Chester, Jo Lynn and Colleen were there. They all went to the London University a few miles out west.
"Welcome home, sweetheart," Mary said to her daughter giving her a big hug and kiss. Simon did the same while her friends all gave her hugs. Jeri forgot all about the voice when the welcome home party started. Everyone sat around listening to music and eating. One of the guards brought Jeri's bags to her room.
"So how was LA?" Chester asked curious about the famous city.
"It was hot!" Jeri replied. "But also a great town to be in at night. However, I did miss everyone here."
"We all missed you to, Jer," Jo Lynn responded giving her another big hug. While Jeri and her friends laughed and told each other stories of their college life, Mary and Simon took in the empty chip dishes into the kitchen.
"Simon?" Mary started.
"No, Mary," Simon replied. "We are telling her in a month. You promised." Mary nodded and placed the dishes in the sink.
It was around eleven o' clock when everyone went home. Mary, Simon and Jeri were now sitting in the lobby drinking tea talking about what Jeri had missed.
"So how is everyone around here?" Jeri asked.
"Oh, everyone is fine, dear," Mary replied. "They are waiting to see you again."
"Better go put your things away, Jeri," Simon said standing up and picking up his and Jeri's teacups. "So tomorrow you can start fresh."
"Sure, father," Jeri said standing up. She kissed her mother and father good night. Before leaving the lobby she turned to them. "I'm glad to be home."
"We're glad you are too, honey," Mary replied. "Good night." Mary blew Jeri a kiss as she left the lobby and towards the stairs. On her way to the stairs, Jeri must pass the vault that contains the ashes of Dracula. As she passed the vault she felt a draft blow through her.
"Jeri." the same whispering voice called. Jeri halted and stared at the vault. She then continued on up the stairs curiously.
Jeri ran down the street panting heavily. She was running from a low cloud of smoke that was following her all night. She ran into the cemetery hoping to hide behind one of the graves. Jeri ran and ran, catching her breath when she could, but the smoke kept gaining on her. Finally, she was unable to run any further. She stopped for a quick breath. She bent over breathing heavily. As she stood up and looked behind her the smoke was gone. Jeri didn't want to take any chances. She turned around to run again, only this time she ran into him. She looked into the eyes of the man, which were bright red. Jeri screamed at the sight of him before a flash of lightening struck.
Jeri sat up in bed panting like never before. She's had these nightmares for as long as she could remember. Even in college, her roommate had to constantly wake her up in the middle of the night because she was screaming so loud. Jeri had no idea who this man was that was always in her dreams. She had to get a glass of water so she stepped out of bed and down the stairs to the kitchen.
When Jeri walked past the vault with her water, the guards were gone and the vault door was open. Jeri was always curious to know what was down there. Her parents just told her it is the family fortune when she was little, but she knew it had to be something more than that.
Jeri looked around to make sure no other guards were around and stepped into the vault. Once again, a cold draft rushed through her like never before. The steps that led down were made of stone and they were extremely cold. Since Jeri had no socks on, her feet were completely frozen. She held on to the side of the wall because there was hardly any light for her to see. She began to hear the guards talking up ahead.
"Everything seems to be in order, here," the first guard said.
"Yeah, so can we please get out of here?" the second guard pled. "This place gives me the creeps."
"We just have to check one more thing," the first guard replied. As they continued checking whatever it was, Jeri finally reached the bottom of the stairs. Suddenly, her hand touched a skeleton head. She looked to the side and saw that it was a skeleton head of a vampire. Jeri shivered at the sight of it and dropped her glass of water. The second guard coughed so they were unable to hear the glass break. She controlled her screaming so the guards didn't know she was down there.
The guards, at this point, were checking the traps Van Helsing placed there for thieves. However, Mary and Simon had added a few new ones. Jeri finally stopped looking at the skeleton and continued on. She was finally far enough to see what was down there. She peeked around the corner and saw an antique silver coffin. Her eyes shot open at the sight of it.
"What the hell is that?" she said. However, the guards heard her and jumped towards her. Jeri screamed, which caused the second guard to accidentally press a button that set off one of the traps. An ax flew out of the wall and right through the second guard. His blood poured all over the coffin. Jeri and the first guard screamed until another ax followed and hit the first guard. His blood poured all over the coffin as well.
Back upstairs, Simon and Mary woke up from the alarm that was going off.
"Damn it!" Simon said pressing a button on their nightstand, which caused one of the paintings to transform into a weapons holder. Simon and Mary both grabbed a weapon and started down the stairs towards the vault.
Jeri continued to scream from the dead guards before running up the stairs. However, she failed to notice the blood flowing its way up into the coffin. Inside the coffin the blood flowed around the remaining ashes of Dracula. Suddenly, his body began to form again.
Jeri ran out of the vault running right into Simon. Mary quickly ran over and pressed the button that closed the vault. The door slammed shut and the gates came down. Simon helped Jeri up who was crying.
"What the hell is locked up down there?" Jeri yelled at her parents. Mary and Simon looked at each other knowing that now they would have to tell their daughter about Dracula today.
Chapter Two coming soon!
Mary happily hung up the banner that read 'Welcome Home Jeri!' with Jeri's best friend, Kylie. Jeri was returning from college in LA for three months. Mary couldn't wait. Her daughter has grown up to be so beautiful and she missed her so much. All around the area were chips, drinks and her new laptop they bought her. Jeri was twenty and had one more year of college to attend.
While Mary and Kylie set up the rest of the decorations, Simon was in the study, Van Helsing's old office polishing one of the weapons he collected. He, too, was happy his daughter was coming home for three whole months. They had so much to talk about. After he placed the weapon away, Mary stepped into the room.
"Everything all right in here?" she asked Simon, who pressed the button to hide the weapons. The weapons suddenly turned into a beautiful piece of artwork.
"Everything is perfectly fine, dear," Simon replied pulling out Van Helsing's diary to read more of his research on Dracula. Mary, however, looked around the room sadly. She missed her father and wished she could have said something to him before Dracula's "whores" (the term Mary used) killed him. Mary looked out to make sure Kylie was busy fixing up the room before walking in and closing the door.
"When are we going to tell her?" Mary asked Simon who paused at the section about Dracula's hate towards God to look at Mary.
"Mary, we've been through this," Simon responded with slight anger in his tone. "We promised not to tell Jeri of her relation to him so we do not put her in harms way."
"But we have been lying to her her entire life," Mary said sitting down in front of Simon. "And I'm tired of it. We have to tell her."
"Mary," Simon said before he was interrupted.
"No, Simon," Mary yelled jumping from her seat. "We're telling her!"
"Can't it wait a few days?" Simon asked standing up to meet eyes with Mary. "I mean, she is returning home today. We don't want to throw this thing in her face right away."
"You're right," Mary replied. "We'll tell her in a month." Mary and Simon both agreed on telling Jeri who true relation with Dracula, the monster that killed her grandfather and nearly her mother and father in one month.
Two hours later, a cab pulled up in front of the building where Mary and Simon lived. Jeri stepped out pulling out two suitcases with her. She was a decent size, around 5'7 with a body to die for. She was perfectly in shape. She had dark eyes, almost the color of Dracula's. Her hair was a mixture of dark brown and red from both Dracula and her father, which was an inch passed her shoulders. She took a deep breathe before opening the door. She was nervous to be home, but also excited.
When Jeri opened the door the lights were all off. She looked around curiously before placing down her bags. She had another bag wrapped around her shoulders. She slid it off and wondered where everyone was.
"Hello?" she cried out with her charming British accent echoing throughout the halls.
"Jeri." a quiet voice whispered out in the darkness. Jeri froze at the voice before the lights switched and on and Mary, Simon, Kylie, Chester, Jo Lynn and Colleen yelled out welcome home. Jeri let out a sigh of relief when she saw the banner and food. She was glad to see her parents. Also her best friends Kylie, Chester, Jo Lynn and Colleen were there. They all went to the London University a few miles out west.
"Welcome home, sweetheart," Mary said to her daughter giving her a big hug and kiss. Simon did the same while her friends all gave her hugs. Jeri forgot all about the voice when the welcome home party started. Everyone sat around listening to music and eating. One of the guards brought Jeri's bags to her room.
"So how was LA?" Chester asked curious about the famous city.
"It was hot!" Jeri replied. "But also a great town to be in at night. However, I did miss everyone here."
"We all missed you to, Jer," Jo Lynn responded giving her another big hug. While Jeri and her friends laughed and told each other stories of their college life, Mary and Simon took in the empty chip dishes into the kitchen.
"Simon?" Mary started.
"No, Mary," Simon replied. "We are telling her in a month. You promised." Mary nodded and placed the dishes in the sink.
It was around eleven o' clock when everyone went home. Mary, Simon and Jeri were now sitting in the lobby drinking tea talking about what Jeri had missed.
"So how is everyone around here?" Jeri asked.
"Oh, everyone is fine, dear," Mary replied. "They are waiting to see you again."
"Better go put your things away, Jeri," Simon said standing up and picking up his and Jeri's teacups. "So tomorrow you can start fresh."
"Sure, father," Jeri said standing up. She kissed her mother and father good night. Before leaving the lobby she turned to them. "I'm glad to be home."
"We're glad you are too, honey," Mary replied. "Good night." Mary blew Jeri a kiss as she left the lobby and towards the stairs. On her way to the stairs, Jeri must pass the vault that contains the ashes of Dracula. As she passed the vault she felt a draft blow through her.
"Jeri." the same whispering voice called. Jeri halted and stared at the vault. She then continued on up the stairs curiously.
Jeri ran down the street panting heavily. She was running from a low cloud of smoke that was following her all night. She ran into the cemetery hoping to hide behind one of the graves. Jeri ran and ran, catching her breath when she could, but the smoke kept gaining on her. Finally, she was unable to run any further. She stopped for a quick breath. She bent over breathing heavily. As she stood up and looked behind her the smoke was gone. Jeri didn't want to take any chances. She turned around to run again, only this time she ran into him. She looked into the eyes of the man, which were bright red. Jeri screamed at the sight of him before a flash of lightening struck.
Jeri sat up in bed panting like never before. She's had these nightmares for as long as she could remember. Even in college, her roommate had to constantly wake her up in the middle of the night because she was screaming so loud. Jeri had no idea who this man was that was always in her dreams. She had to get a glass of water so she stepped out of bed and down the stairs to the kitchen.
When Jeri walked past the vault with her water, the guards were gone and the vault door was open. Jeri was always curious to know what was down there. Her parents just told her it is the family fortune when she was little, but she knew it had to be something more than that.
Jeri looked around to make sure no other guards were around and stepped into the vault. Once again, a cold draft rushed through her like never before. The steps that led down were made of stone and they were extremely cold. Since Jeri had no socks on, her feet were completely frozen. She held on to the side of the wall because there was hardly any light for her to see. She began to hear the guards talking up ahead.
"Everything seems to be in order, here," the first guard said.
"Yeah, so can we please get out of here?" the second guard pled. "This place gives me the creeps."
"We just have to check one more thing," the first guard replied. As they continued checking whatever it was, Jeri finally reached the bottom of the stairs. Suddenly, her hand touched a skeleton head. She looked to the side and saw that it was a skeleton head of a vampire. Jeri shivered at the sight of it and dropped her glass of water. The second guard coughed so they were unable to hear the glass break. She controlled her screaming so the guards didn't know she was down there.
The guards, at this point, were checking the traps Van Helsing placed there for thieves. However, Mary and Simon had added a few new ones. Jeri finally stopped looking at the skeleton and continued on. She was finally far enough to see what was down there. She peeked around the corner and saw an antique silver coffin. Her eyes shot open at the sight of it.
"What the hell is that?" she said. However, the guards heard her and jumped towards her. Jeri screamed, which caused the second guard to accidentally press a button that set off one of the traps. An ax flew out of the wall and right through the second guard. His blood poured all over the coffin. Jeri and the first guard screamed until another ax followed and hit the first guard. His blood poured all over the coffin as well.
Back upstairs, Simon and Mary woke up from the alarm that was going off.
"Damn it!" Simon said pressing a button on their nightstand, which caused one of the paintings to transform into a weapons holder. Simon and Mary both grabbed a weapon and started down the stairs towards the vault.
Jeri continued to scream from the dead guards before running up the stairs. However, she failed to notice the blood flowing its way up into the coffin. Inside the coffin the blood flowed around the remaining ashes of Dracula. Suddenly, his body began to form again.
Jeri ran out of the vault running right into Simon. Mary quickly ran over and pressed the button that closed the vault. The door slammed shut and the gates came down. Simon helped Jeri up who was crying.
"What the hell is locked up down there?" Jeri yelled at her parents. Mary and Simon looked at each other knowing that now they would have to tell their daughter about Dracula today.
Chapter Two coming soon!