Chapter 12: First Encounter!
HOURS LATER...
For the past four hour, the female Vampire helped Simon with his newfound gifts of being a creature of the night. Simon, for the first time, felt totally free. Never did he move so quickly and easily before. Last year he had been labeled as a klutz.
Simon calculated that it could have been due to growth spurts since he began growing in an accelerated rate compared to his brothers.
After he jumped out of his bedroom window, Simon felt this adrenalin that he never felt before in his life. He even started doing summer-salts and flips, something that he never could do before.
The woman walked along the quiet street while Simon experimented with his new talent. She looked on with a proud, and yet calm, expression. But something had been bothering her all evening. She just couldn't put her finger on what it could be.
Simon stopped when he saw a park up ahead. With a big smile he runs faster up to the monkey bars.
He took to the Monkey Bars like a professional gymnast. He started swinging and doing moves that he could only dream of doing. Simon finally did on final flip and landed perfectly on the ground in a crouching position.
For a moment, Simon stayed there and thought about his experience as a Half- Vampire. At that moment, a dark shadow came over him. Simon slowly looked up and started to swallow a large lump in throat.
The man stretched his arms out to create the effect of wings with his cape. He then brought his arms down and smiles at the young chipmunk.
"So, you are the little prodigy I've heard so much about?" Dracula asks Simon.
"Aahhh..." The words escaped from Simon. He knows that 'The Dracula' is standing before him.
Dracula turns to the woman standing behind him with a slight disappointed look on his face. "My dear, how come you waited so long before bring this child to me?"
"I, uh, wanted to prepare him for you, Master." She stumbled slightly.
"I see..." Dracula said with a plain tone. "Never the less, he will make a fine addition to our little 'family'."
"F-F-F-Family?" Simon nervously asked.
"Yes, I am here to correct this situation, thus, making you a full Vampire." Dracula smiles down at Simon, making the young chipmunk feel so small compared to him.
"Ah, er, um... No affiance sir, but I-I don't want to become a full Vampire. I kind of like experiencing life just the way I am, er, was." Simon tries explaining. "I mean there's school, homework, going for walks on a sunny day, and so forth. Those things I would really miss the most... Not to mention the fact I have a real issue with the whole drinking blood thing..."
"You misunderstand me. I'm here to give you only two choices." Dracula stated.
"W-W-What choices are those?" Simon asks. He couldn't help but to quiver a little in his spot.
"Well, there's Death. Or, the Walking Death." The Dark Prince announces.
"Ah, yeah..." Simon is stunned with his two options. His stomach begins to turn and his heart races. How is he to choose which of these two choices to make? Simon nervously chuckles as attempts to swallow another lump in his throat.
"G-G-Given those options... er, um.... Y-you wouldn't suppose I could get back to you on them?" He tries stalling.
Dracula's smile slowly fades, as his face grows disappointingly dark at Simon's comment. "Very well. I'll give you 24 hours to make your choice."
Simon looks up at the woman standing behind the Vampire Master. She stood with no emotions over this whole situation. The only thing she did was nod gracefully to Simon, telling him that was his queue to go home to think it over.
The young chipmunk quickly glances at Dracula and back at the woman. Finally he takes this moment and runs away from the two Vampires. He heads for home.
With Simon out of earshot, the young woman walks up to Dracula.
"Master?" She asks. "He is only a child... Are you sure you could not reconsider your choices for him?"
"No. I've made my options clear. Either way, I win..." Dracula raises his hand and gently touches the woman's cheek. "And is that not how we play this game?"
"Of course...I just..."
"Shhh..." Her Master puts a finger carefully over her mouth to silence her. "You've been dreaming of the old ways again, haven't you?"
"Master?"
"You must erase them from your memory. You do remember why you came to me in the first place?"
The woman thinks about it for a moment. "I... didn't want to feel anymore pain."
"That is correct, my dear. Now, perhaps by having this young child with us the remaining part of that pain will seize to exist, don't you think?"
"Yes, Master." The woman agrees.
Dracula turns away from the woman and thinks for a moment about the situation.
"Perhaps, if I send a 'messenger' to him. That might encourage him to make his choice?" He suggests to her.
The woman does not really answer. She simply bows to him and runs off into the shadows. Dracula grins a dark evil smile as he exposes his two white fangs.
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AN HOUR LATER...
Simon finally makes it home. How is he going to tell this to his own family? He can just tell that Dave is not going to be happy about this. Simon's face turns pale when he looks up at his home and sees the living room lights on.
"Huh oh." He mutters to himself.
Simon takes a deep breath and prepares himself to enter inside the house. He can hear Lily barking at him before he could even get his foot inside. Now Simon understands why she is reacting strangely to him, it's because he's turning into a monster.
"SIMON!!" Dave shouts before Simon could open the door all the way.
It might have the tone of his father's voice, but it made Simon even more nervous to talk. He looks up at Dave with tears forming in his eyes.
"Dave." He squeaks.
"What do you think your doing leaving home at night?" Dave asks angrily.
Alvin and Theodore come out of the living room, both of them are still in their pyjamas. They too are worried for their brother.
"Aahhh..." Simon looks up with his mouth open.
"You better have a very good reason for your little 'mid-night run'..." Dave demands. He then notices something in Simon's mouth and instantly becomes even more annoyed.
"And get those fake fangs out of your mouth!"
Alvin peers over from behind Dave to get a closer look at Simon's mouth. He then takes a big gulp and looks up at Dave. "Ah, Dave... Those aren't fake..."
Embarrassed with what is happening, Simon covers his mouth with his hands.
Dave, Alvin, and Theodore all look at Simon in shock.
Slowly Simon closes the door all the way, and uncovers his mouth. With a sigh, he looks up at his family and says, "I suppose this is where I say 'I can explain everything'?"
Before anyone could respond to Simon, Lily starts growling nervously at the entrance to the kitchen.
Suddenly they hear a woman's voice; "I believe it would be better if I explained."
The Seville's look up to see a woman dressed all in black, standing quietly in the shadows, just within the kitchen entrance.
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MEANWHILE, DOWN THE BLOCK...
Brittany woke up feeling a bit thirsty, so she headed down to the kitchen. After gabbing a glass from the cupboard, she pours water into it from the sink tap. As she was about to take her first sip from the glass, a noise is heard from outside the kitchen door.
Curiously she looks out the window to see who is there.
"H-Hello?" She called out to see if anyone would answer her.
Just then, two mysterious glowing eyes appear from the roof of the balcony. Brittany became hypnotically attracted to them. She opened the door, and walked out towards the eyes. The bat-like creature with the glowing eyes, released its grip from the roof, and transformed into a man.
"Good Eve-en-ing, my child." Dracula purred.
Brittany gasped loudly as she dropped her glass of water. The glass shattered into a million pieces as it hit the floor.
Dracula stretched out his arms and created the wing-like effect with his cape. Slowly he bends over Brittany, and covers her like a black cloak.
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FIFTEEN MINUTES LATER...
Jeanette woke up when she heard someone entering the room, "Brittany?" She whispered.
No one answered; so Jeanette sat up and put her glasses on to see clearly. Indeed it was Brittany, but something was wrong.
"Brittany? Is everything alright?" Jeanette asked again.
"Everything is fine..." Brittany responded in a trance. "Just fine..." she added before laying back down on her bed.
Barely noticeable, were two puncture wounds on Brittany's neck. She brought the covers up and nearly covered her face with them as she went back asleep.
Jeanette looked over to her sister Eleanor, whom as well sat up with concern. Eleanor shrugged her shoulders as if to say that she had no clue what was up with their sister.
HOURS LATER...
For the past four hour, the female Vampire helped Simon with his newfound gifts of being a creature of the night. Simon, for the first time, felt totally free. Never did he move so quickly and easily before. Last year he had been labeled as a klutz.
Simon calculated that it could have been due to growth spurts since he began growing in an accelerated rate compared to his brothers.
After he jumped out of his bedroom window, Simon felt this adrenalin that he never felt before in his life. He even started doing summer-salts and flips, something that he never could do before.
The woman walked along the quiet street while Simon experimented with his new talent. She looked on with a proud, and yet calm, expression. But something had been bothering her all evening. She just couldn't put her finger on what it could be.
Simon stopped when he saw a park up ahead. With a big smile he runs faster up to the monkey bars.
He took to the Monkey Bars like a professional gymnast. He started swinging and doing moves that he could only dream of doing. Simon finally did on final flip and landed perfectly on the ground in a crouching position.
For a moment, Simon stayed there and thought about his experience as a Half- Vampire. At that moment, a dark shadow came over him. Simon slowly looked up and started to swallow a large lump in throat.
The man stretched his arms out to create the effect of wings with his cape. He then brought his arms down and smiles at the young chipmunk.
"So, you are the little prodigy I've heard so much about?" Dracula asks Simon.
"Aahhh..." The words escaped from Simon. He knows that 'The Dracula' is standing before him.
Dracula turns to the woman standing behind him with a slight disappointed look on his face. "My dear, how come you waited so long before bring this child to me?"
"I, uh, wanted to prepare him for you, Master." She stumbled slightly.
"I see..." Dracula said with a plain tone. "Never the less, he will make a fine addition to our little 'family'."
"F-F-F-Family?" Simon nervously asked.
"Yes, I am here to correct this situation, thus, making you a full Vampire." Dracula smiles down at Simon, making the young chipmunk feel so small compared to him.
"Ah, er, um... No affiance sir, but I-I don't want to become a full Vampire. I kind of like experiencing life just the way I am, er, was." Simon tries explaining. "I mean there's school, homework, going for walks on a sunny day, and so forth. Those things I would really miss the most... Not to mention the fact I have a real issue with the whole drinking blood thing..."
"You misunderstand me. I'm here to give you only two choices." Dracula stated.
"W-W-What choices are those?" Simon asks. He couldn't help but to quiver a little in his spot.
"Well, there's Death. Or, the Walking Death." The Dark Prince announces.
"Ah, yeah..." Simon is stunned with his two options. His stomach begins to turn and his heart races. How is he to choose which of these two choices to make? Simon nervously chuckles as attempts to swallow another lump in his throat.
"G-G-Given those options... er, um.... Y-you wouldn't suppose I could get back to you on them?" He tries stalling.
Dracula's smile slowly fades, as his face grows disappointingly dark at Simon's comment. "Very well. I'll give you 24 hours to make your choice."
Simon looks up at the woman standing behind the Vampire Master. She stood with no emotions over this whole situation. The only thing she did was nod gracefully to Simon, telling him that was his queue to go home to think it over.
The young chipmunk quickly glances at Dracula and back at the woman. Finally he takes this moment and runs away from the two Vampires. He heads for home.
With Simon out of earshot, the young woman walks up to Dracula.
"Master?" She asks. "He is only a child... Are you sure you could not reconsider your choices for him?"
"No. I've made my options clear. Either way, I win..." Dracula raises his hand and gently touches the woman's cheek. "And is that not how we play this game?"
"Of course...I just..."
"Shhh..." Her Master puts a finger carefully over her mouth to silence her. "You've been dreaming of the old ways again, haven't you?"
"Master?"
"You must erase them from your memory. You do remember why you came to me in the first place?"
The woman thinks about it for a moment. "I... didn't want to feel anymore pain."
"That is correct, my dear. Now, perhaps by having this young child with us the remaining part of that pain will seize to exist, don't you think?"
"Yes, Master." The woman agrees.
Dracula turns away from the woman and thinks for a moment about the situation.
"Perhaps, if I send a 'messenger' to him. That might encourage him to make his choice?" He suggests to her.
The woman does not really answer. She simply bows to him and runs off into the shadows. Dracula grins a dark evil smile as he exposes his two white fangs.
*************
AN HOUR LATER...
Simon finally makes it home. How is he going to tell this to his own family? He can just tell that Dave is not going to be happy about this. Simon's face turns pale when he looks up at his home and sees the living room lights on.
"Huh oh." He mutters to himself.
Simon takes a deep breath and prepares himself to enter inside the house. He can hear Lily barking at him before he could even get his foot inside. Now Simon understands why she is reacting strangely to him, it's because he's turning into a monster.
"SIMON!!" Dave shouts before Simon could open the door all the way.
It might have the tone of his father's voice, but it made Simon even more nervous to talk. He looks up at Dave with tears forming in his eyes.
"Dave." He squeaks.
"What do you think your doing leaving home at night?" Dave asks angrily.
Alvin and Theodore come out of the living room, both of them are still in their pyjamas. They too are worried for their brother.
"Aahhh..." Simon looks up with his mouth open.
"You better have a very good reason for your little 'mid-night run'..." Dave demands. He then notices something in Simon's mouth and instantly becomes even more annoyed.
"And get those fake fangs out of your mouth!"
Alvin peers over from behind Dave to get a closer look at Simon's mouth. He then takes a big gulp and looks up at Dave. "Ah, Dave... Those aren't fake..."
Embarrassed with what is happening, Simon covers his mouth with his hands.
Dave, Alvin, and Theodore all look at Simon in shock.
Slowly Simon closes the door all the way, and uncovers his mouth. With a sigh, he looks up at his family and says, "I suppose this is where I say 'I can explain everything'?"
Before anyone could respond to Simon, Lily starts growling nervously at the entrance to the kitchen.
Suddenly they hear a woman's voice; "I believe it would be better if I explained."
The Seville's look up to see a woman dressed all in black, standing quietly in the shadows, just within the kitchen entrance.
***************
MEANWHILE, DOWN THE BLOCK...
Brittany woke up feeling a bit thirsty, so she headed down to the kitchen. After gabbing a glass from the cupboard, she pours water into it from the sink tap. As she was about to take her first sip from the glass, a noise is heard from outside the kitchen door.
Curiously she looks out the window to see who is there.
"H-Hello?" She called out to see if anyone would answer her.
Just then, two mysterious glowing eyes appear from the roof of the balcony. Brittany became hypnotically attracted to them. She opened the door, and walked out towards the eyes. The bat-like creature with the glowing eyes, released its grip from the roof, and transformed into a man.
"Good Eve-en-ing, my child." Dracula purred.
Brittany gasped loudly as she dropped her glass of water. The glass shattered into a million pieces as it hit the floor.
Dracula stretched out his arms and created the wing-like effect with his cape. Slowly he bends over Brittany, and covers her like a black cloak.
-------------------
FIFTEEN MINUTES LATER...
Jeanette woke up when she heard someone entering the room, "Brittany?" She whispered.
No one answered; so Jeanette sat up and put her glasses on to see clearly. Indeed it was Brittany, but something was wrong.
"Brittany? Is everything alright?" Jeanette asked again.
"Everything is fine..." Brittany responded in a trance. "Just fine..." she added before laying back down on her bed.
Barely noticeable, were two puncture wounds on Brittany's neck. She brought the covers up and nearly covered her face with them as she went back asleep.
Jeanette looked over to her sister Eleanor, whom as well sat up with concern. Eleanor shrugged her shoulders as if to say that she had no clue what was up with their sister.
