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Nightw2: Oh yes, Sylvester will get very worried once he learns about Penelope. You should note that Aaooga has concerns of her own, you'll see why later in this chapter as something VERY bad is discovered about Tweety. You may have guess already at what's happened, acosta pérez josé ramiro has. My ideas for this particular fic are flowing like mad so I may finish this one quickly.
acosta pérez josé ramiro: I see you've figured out what's happened to Tweety. Thanks for pointing out that little error. I'll change it when I have the time. As for the vampire, it wasn't a romance thing that he wanted company for. You'll find out what it's all about in this chapter. Glad you like Sweetie's ghost, she'll appear again.
VampireSylvester was searching another part of the basement for any sign of Tweety, not knowing that he'd already been found.
"Hope Aaooga's having better luck than I am." Sylvester said to himself as he continued his fruitless search. He then heard sounds coming from outside the room.
"That sounds like someone struggling." Sylvester said. He approached the door and looked out carefully. He saw a bunch of zombies coming his way.
"Eep." Sylvester whispered. He turned around to hide and came face to face with a ghost. He was about to scream but he stopped himself.
"If I scream, those zombies will hear me." Sylvester said. He jumped behind the nearest crate and watched the ghost. The zombies then entered the room, dragging someone in with them.
"What's going on?" Sylvester asked himself. He then saw the canary that he'd seen before come from a secret panel in the wall. Sylvester remained very still and listened.
"So, this is one of the intruders." Sleety said. He approached the captive. Sylvester managed to get a glimpse of the captive.
"Penelope!" Sylvester whispered.
"Hmm, her neck is too big to bite, keep her here for a moment." Sleety ordered. The ghost went over to Sylvester and took on the form of a small canary that Sylvester recognised.
"Sweetie, what happened?" Sylvester asked. Sweetie just pointed towards Sleety, who was now leaving the room through the same passage he'd entered. She then spelt out…
'T, H, A, T, C, A, N, A, R, Y, I, S, A, V, A, M, P, I, R, E!' Sylvester nearly screamed but was able to prevent himself on the basis that he'd be found if he did scream.
"Are those zombies his servants?" Sylvester asked. Sweetie nodded.
"And that vampire guy killed you?" Sylvester asked. Sweetie nodded again. Sleety came back with a small lantern.
"There are three others in this mansion, one of them I've taken care of. Go find the other two." Sleety ordered. He opened the lantern and released a flock of bats.
"Eep!" Sylvester whispered. Sweetie used her phantom powers to create a small mist screen so the bats couldn't find him. The bats flew out the door to search the mansion.
"Bring that cat up to the sacred chamber." Sleety ordered. The zombies took Penelope away through another passage.
"I must save her." Sylvester whispered. He went to get up but Sweetie's ghost stopped him. She started to spell out…
'I, F, Y, O, U, G, O, L, I, K, E, T, H, A, T, Y, O, U, L, L, D, I, E!'
"Then what shall I do?" Sylvester asked. Sweetie spelt out…
'F, I, N, D, A, A, O, O, G, A!'
"Ok, I'll find them first." Sylvester said. Sweetie's ghost then spelt out…
'P, L, E, A, S, E, K, I, L, L, C, O, U, N, T, S, L, E, E, T, Y, A, N, D, A, V, E, N, G, E, M, E!' She then vanished, leaving Sylvester thinking about what he'd just seen.
Tweety and Aaooga were in the drawing room of the library, searching for the three keys needed to escape.
"Did anything happen while I was gone?" Tweety asked.
"I saw Sweetie's ghost." Aaooga replied.
"I found her carcass in a hidden passage leading out from where I was trapped." Tweety said.
"Her parents will be devastated." Aaooga replied.
"Anything else?" Tweety asked.
"I've had to form a temporary alliance with Sylvester until we escape." Aaooga replied.
"Makes sense, this place is too large." Tweety said.
"If we can find him, he can help us find the keys." Aaooga added. They then heard some flapping from above.
"Bats, hide." Tweety said. The two canaries hid under a couch and waited for the bats to pass.
"I hope we can get out soon." Aaooga said. She grabbed Tweety's hand to comfort herself, but instead, her expression changed.
"What's wrong?" Tweety asked.
"Uh, nothing." Aaooga replied. Tweety didn't quite believe her but let it slide.
"Ok." Tweety said. Aaooga didn't have the heart to tell Tweety that she couldn't feel his pulse. The bats soon flew out of the room.
"Phew, now let's search for those keys." Tweety said. They crawled out from their hiding place and started to search the room.
Sylvester had made his way to the kitchen on his search for Tweety. He found some fur on the floor when he arrived.
"This must be where Penelope was when she was taken away." Sylvester reasoned with himself. He saw a hole in the floor where most of the fur was.
"What's down this hole?" Sylvester asked himself. He peeped down the hole and saw a human skeleton.
"Well he's not going to be doing anymore damage." Sylvester said sarcastically. He then saw something shiny in the remains.
"That looks important, I'd better get it." Sylvester said. He reached down to grab it but the skeleton grabbed his hand.
"YIKES!" Sylvester shouted. He yanked his arm back and pulled the arm of the skeleton off. The hand was still clinging to his arm.
"What's going on?" Sylvester asked. He yanked the skeleton arm off him and put it in a draw.
"Now how am I going to get that object with that skeleton guarding it?" Sylvester asked. He saw a long bamboo cane in the corner of the room. He picked it up and felt either end.
"If only I could male one end sticky." Sylvester said. He looked around and saw a zombie had entered the room without him noticing.
"YIKES!" Sylvester screamed. He lashed out at it with the first thing that he had, which was the bamboo cane. The cane knocked off the Zombie's head, killing it.
"Wow, zombies are weak on the defence front." Sylvester said in amazement. He then saw goo coming from the zombie. He stuck his cane in it and found it was rather sticky.
"Well, here's my sticky substance." Sylvester said. He yanked the bamboo cane out and used the sticky end to grab the item that was down the hole. He pulled it out and saw it was a small key.
"Wonder what use this key will be." Sylvester thought to himself.
Count Sleety had taken Penelope into a hidden ritual chamber in the mansion.
"What were you doing here anyway?" Sleety asked.
"I was searching for my friends!" Penelope snapped back.
"Just like that other cat." Sleety replied. Penelope looked scared.
"You mean Sylvester?" Penelope asked.
"If that's his name." Sleety replied.
"What do you want from us?" Penelope asked. She was still fighting to get free from the zombies that held her. Sleety then looked solemn.
"Ever since I became a vampire, my life has been too lonely. I want some other vampire company for me while I go on midnight hunts." Sleety replied.
"You mean female companionship?" Penelope asked.
"No, I mean relatives. Tweety is my great, great, great, great grandson and Sweetie was his niece. I want more of my family to stay here with me forever." Sleety replied.
"What do you want from me?" Penelope asked.
"Think of yourself as a wine bottle." Sleety replied evilly. He then raised his hands and a mist began to form.
"Where's Tweety?" Penelope asked.
"I believe he's found his way to his fiancée and is perfectly safe." Sleety replied. He then smiled.
"But his fiancée isn't." He added evilly.
Tweety and Aaooga were still in the drawing room searching for one of the keys that would allow them to escape.
"Do you know what these keys look like?" Aaooga asked.
"Not a clue." Tweety replied. Aaooga was staying close to Tweety even though she feared for his health.
"Hope we find them." Aaooga said. A rat then attacked her while she was looking around a table. The rat pinned her on to her back and opened its mouth, revealing two vampire fangs.
"Tweety, help!" Aaooga screamed. Tweety turned and saw what was happening. He pushed the rat of Aaooga before it could bite her. The rat then leapt at him and pinned him to the ground. Aaooga used her wolf howl to deafen the rat and knock it out cold.
"Are you ok?" Tweety asked as he pushed the unconscious rat off him. Aaooga ran up and hugged him.
"Thank you Tweety." Aaooga replied. His body was still very cold but Aaooga didn't care.
"Now we'd better find those keys." Tweety said. They resumed their search for the keys.
Sylvester was searching for any sing of Tweety. He was in the library looking around.
"Nope, not in here either." Sylvester said. He sat on the table of the library.
"Where could those two be?" Sylvester asked. He saw a rat running about on the floor.
"Might as well have a snack while I'm here." Sylvester said evilly. He slid off the table and started creeping up on the rat. The rat ran into a hole in the side of the wall. Sylvester jumped at the hole and crashed into the wall, knocking down an old book from a nearby shelf.
"Grrr, can't I even eat while I'm here?" Sylvester asked in frustration. He looked at the book that had fallen off the shelf. It was titled 'The truth about Vampires'.
"Might as well have a read of this while I look for those two." Sylvester said hanging on to the book. He turned to leave the library and saw a mist blocking his path?
"Is that you again Sweetie?" Sylvester asked. The mist took on the form of a young maiden.
"You're not Sweetie, who are you?" Sylvester asked. The maiden used her finger to write in mid air. She spelt out…
'I, A, M, L, A, D, Y, V, A, L, E, T, T, A, T, H, E, R, I, G, H, T, F, U, L, O, W, N, E, R, O, F, T, H, I, S, M, A, N, S, I, O, N!'
"I read about your family. Your house was stolen from you 2,000 years ago." Sylvester said. The ghost nodded.
"Who stole the mansion?" Sylvester asked. The ghost used her finger to spell…
'C, O, U, N, T, S, L, E, E, T, Y, A, C, A, N, A, R, Y, V, A, M, P, I, R, E!' Sylvester gulped as he read this.
"The canary I met yesterday and who took Penelope is a vampire?" Sylvester asked in a terrified tone. The ghost nodded.
"I need to find those canaries and get out of here." Sylvester said in a panic. The ghost then spelt out…
'P, L, E, A, S, E, R, E, C, L, A, I, M, O, U, R, H, O, M, E!'
"How?" Sylvester asked. The ghost spelt out…
'K, I, L, L, C, O, U, N, T, S, L, E, E, T, Y!' The ghost then vanished, leaving Sylvester terrified.
"Kill a vampire? How?" Sylvester asked in a panic. He then looked down at his hands and saw he was still holding the book.
"Perhaps this book will tell me." Sylvester said. He was about to sit down to read it but stopped.
"I have to find Tweety first!" Sylvester reasoned. He picked up the book and continued to search for Tweety.
Tweety and Aaooga had found their way to the study room. They were still looking for keys that would unlock the front door of the mansion.
"Those keys could be anywhere in this mansion." Tweety said.
"Well, we won't accomplish anything by just standing around." Aaooga added.
"You're right, let's search this place." Tweety replied. They split up and began searching the room. Aaooga was searching around a mirror in one corner of the room. She looked behind it and saw a sleeping rat with a key around its neck.
"That has to be one of the three keys." Aaooga reasoned. She crept forward but the rat woke up. It glared at her and opened it's mouth snarling.
"I don't want any trouble, I just want that key." Aaooga said calmly. The rat reared up and continued snarling. Aaooga looked around and saw a grape on the floor. She picked it up and showed it to the rat.
"I'll trade you the key for this grape." Aaooga suggested. The rat stopped snarling and eyed the grape.
"Is it a deal?" Aaooga asked. The rat slipped the key off its neck and came towards Aaooga.
"There's a good rat." Aaooga said. She gave the rat the grape and it ran off into a hole. Aaooga went over and picked up the key. She went out in front of the mirror.
"Tweety, I found one of the keys!" Aaooga called out. Tweety heard and came over.
"Great, one down and two to go." Tweety replied. Aaooga glanced at the mirror and gasped. Tweety had no reflection. Tweety saw Aaooga's look of horror.
"What's wrong Aaooga?" Tweety asked. Aaooga looked at him with a terrified look.
"Tweety, can I look inside your mouth quickly?" Aaooga asked.
"Bit of a strange request but ok." Tweety replied. He opened his mouth and Aaooga looked inside. She was horrified to see two sharp fangs. She screamed, making Tweety fall backwards.
"Is something wrong?" Tweety asked. Aaooga stopped screaming and started crying.
"Yes, there is." Aaooga replied nervously, still crying.
"How bad?" Tweety asked. Aaooga stopped crying and looked very nervous.
"I wish there was a gentle way of putting this." Aaooga muttered.
"What's wrong?" Tweety asked. Now he was nervous.
"Tweety, you're…a vampire." Aaooga replied slowly and nervously.
"What?" Tweety asked, somewhat surprised. He opened his mouth and put his hand inside. He felt the two fangs for himself and realised that he was, indeed, a vampire.
"Oh my gosh!" Tweety exclaimed in shock.
(A/N: I know it isn't like me to do this to a key character. I just want to say that Tweety is not completely dead, you'll have to read the next chapter to understand.)