Chapter 13: Answers!

BACK AT THE SEVILLE'S...

"Who are you, and how did you get in here?" Dave demanded to the strange woman.

"Who I am is non of your concern. I am here just as a messenger. How I got in here is simple...I walked in through the back door." The woman answered calmly.

"How? It's locked...isn't it?" Alvin asked.

"I unlocked it." She said plainly.

"Now, see here! You cannot just break into someone's home uninvited!" Dave shouted at the woman in a threatening way.

The woman responded by hissing. Her eyes began glowing as she exposed her fangs to Dave and the Chipmunks.

Dave froze in his spot. This was certainly an unexpected surprise for him.

"D-D-D-Dave? What's going on?" Theodore asked while quivering behind his dad when he saw the scary appearance of the woman.

Alvin stood with his mouth hung open. He couldn't believe that he was looking at a real live Vampire. "Wow..." he whispered.

"Sigh. Perhaps, we should go sit down so all could be properly explained." Simon suggested solemnly as he addressed the couch in the living room.

Everyone enters the living room. The boys sit on the couch, and Dave sits in his easy chair, while the strange woman stayed standing.

"Ok, now could you please explain what is going on here?" Dave asked both Simon and the woman.

The woman looked down at Simon as he looked up at her. She then began her explanation.

"Well, if you haven't guessed already, I am a Vampire. In fact, I am the one who accidentally hit Simon with the car I was driving last weekend. Not only that, but it was my blood that helped heal Simon from his injuries."

Alvin jumped up out of his seat with glee, "I knew it!" He spat. "Did you make Simon drink your blood?" Alvin gave the Vampire woman a mischievous grin.

"No. I donated my blood during his surgery. Which is very rare for any Vampire to do. I had no idea what sort of side-effects would happen." She responded calmly.

"That would explain why I healed so quickly at the hospital, and becoming sensitive to sunlight." Simon assumed.

"What about blood? Have you drank any blood yet?" Alvin asked Simon in anticipation.

Simon gave his brother a grim look. "Alvin you're sick."

He then gave a defeated sigh, "no, I haven't drank any blood yet...but I almost bit your neck earlier this night." Simon added with a sheepish look.

"You what?" Alvin said in shock. "Suddenly I don't feel safe sleeping in the same room with you anymore..."

"Relax, Alvin. I prevented myself from biting, or actually, Lily prevented me by growling."

"That's it! You're sleeping in the basement from now on." Alvin demanded.

"Hold it! Nobody is sleeping in the basement until I get some answers straight here!" Dave spoke up.

Everyone turn their attention to Dave.

"If I remember correctly, Vampires cannot just walk into someone's home uninvited."

"That is correct." The woman responded.

"So technically you shouldn't be able to come into our home unless you were invited, and as far as I know, you were not invited." Dave said, making a clear point.

"Technically, yes, you are correct." The woman responded with a calm expression. "However, if a Vampire already lives in the home then it is considered a 'welcome matt' for any Vampire to enter." She added as a matter of fact.

Simon suddenly looked very guilty and slowly looked up at the woman. "Being that I'm Half-Vampire, that would mean you can enter in this home?"

"Precisely." The woman nodded.

Alvin brought his hand to his chin. "Hmmm," After a brief moment in thought. He looks back up to the Vampire woman.

"So, basically, my brother is like a Vampire with a soul, right?"

The woman opened her mouth to say something, but paused for a second to think about what Alvin suggested.

"Yes, I suppose you could say it is like that." She nods in agreement.

Alvin begins to snicker mischievously to himself and looks at Simon, "Come on...say it! Say it!" He mockingly pointed at him.

With a heavy sigh, Simon replied. "You were right about the Vampire theory, Alvin."

Simon nearly chocked on those words. In all of his eight years, Simon had never needed to admit that his brother was right about anything.

"Yes, it feels good to be right..." Alvin gloated.

The woman raised an eyebrow over the scene Alvin created and bent over to Simon. "Are you sure you wouldn't prefer the Master's offer?"

"I don't know, yet." Simon cringed slightly.

"Offer? What kind of offer?" Dave inquired.

"The Master came over when I called him about this situation with your son. He had offered to correct it by giving him a choice." The woman said.

"And who is this 'Master'?" Dave asked sternly.

"Why, Dracula, of course."

Dave's face suddenly turned pale. Out of all the monsters they could have dealt with, it had to be Dracula.

"Oh." That was all Dave could say as he sat back down in his chair with a blank look on his face.

"What were the choices that Dracula gave to Simon?" Theodore asked out of curiosity.

"Death, or the Walking Death." The woman replied plainly.

"I-I-I don't think I like those choices." Theodore nervously responded.

"That's it? Those are the choices?" Alvin asked in ferry.

"Yes, those are the only choices that Dracula gave." The woman said.

Simon sat with tears in his eyes. He can't help but to feel so guilty over all of this. Maybe he should just make his choice and be done with it? The only problem is that either choice will result in not being able to see his family ever again. He begins to sniffle and reaches up to his face with his sleeve to wipe away some of the tears that are trying to escape from his eyes.

A gentle hand lands on his shoulder; Simon looks up to meet the woman's gaze.

"If it means anything to you, I am very sorry." She calmly says.

"That's ok. You didn't know that this could happen." Simon reassures her.

The woman Vampire gives the young chipmunk a small smile. "At least, young one, you can still walk in the daylight." As if on cue, the rays' sun catches her attention through the window. "Unfortunately, that is something I cannot do."

Nervously, the woman backs away and covers her eyes from the light. She begins to hiss as she can feel her skin getting warmer.

Simon quickly jumped out of his seat; he grabbed the woman's hand and ran her down to the basement. Noticing that the light can still come from the small window above a few boxes, Simon grabs a large cloth and jumps up onto the boxes to cover the window.

After he leaps off the boxes, he grabs his sunglasses from his pocket and puts them on his face. "You'll be safe down here till sundown." He tells her before rejoining his family upstairs.