REVIEW RESPONSE
Nightw2: Glad you're finding it intense. I'll explain the description for vampires for this story in this chapter as for this story; it's slightly different for this. Although saying that, the description of a vampire is already a little vague as each story has a different description. I will say that silver tipped weapons are a genuine weakness. As for the Sylvester issue, when Sweetie told him, he was more concerned of the fact that Penelope had been capture for his brain to fully register that Sleety was a vampire, but when Lady Valetta told him, he fully registered the fact and that's why he was surprised more. As for Tweety's vampire urges, it'll be explained in this chapter. I'll stop there before I give too much away.
Searching for a cureTweety was pacing around the study room thinking about the gruesome discovery Aaooga had just made about him.
"So those bite marks on my neck are from a vampire, but who bit me?" Tweety was asking himself. Aaooga was sitting on the floor trying to figure something out. She then had a thought.
"Tweety, the canary that you met before, was his name Count Sleety?" Aaooga asked. Tweety had a think about this.
"Now that I think about it, yeah that was his name." Tweety replied.
"That explains it, Tweety, Cont Sleety is a vampire." Aaooga said.
"Then he must've been the one that bit me." Tweety reasoned.
"Then why did he bite you and not me?" Aaooga asked.
"That I'm not sure." Tweety replied. The room began to fill with mist.
"Another ghost?" Aaooga asked. Tweety looked surprised.
"You mean the ghosts are on our side?" Tweety asked.
"Yes, I saw Sweetie's earlier." Aaooga replied. The mist took on the form of the ghost they'd seen the first day they were in the mansion, the old man with a face twisted with pain and fear.
"Who are you?" Tweety asked. The ghost tried to speak but nothing came out.
"Why don't you just spell." Aaooga suggested. The ghost then spelt out…
'I, A, M, L, O, R, D, V, A, L, E, T, T, A!'
"What are you doing here?" Tweety asked. The ghost spelt…
'W, E, U, S, E, D, T, O, L, I, V, E, H, E, R, E, U, N, T, I, L, C, O, U, N, T, S, L, E, E, T, Y, C, A, M, E!'
"What did you want from us?" Aaooga asked. The ghost spelt out…
'I, W, A, N, T, E, D, Y, O, U, T, O, L, E, A, V, E, B, U, T, N, O, W, I, T, I, S, T, O, O, L, A, T, E!
"You know about what has happened to me?" The ghost nodded.
"Is there anyway to change him back?" Aaooga asked. The ghost nodded and spelt out…
'S, E, A, R, C, H, T, H, E, L, I, B, R, A, R, Y!' The ghost then vanished.
"We'd better get to the library, I don't want to spend the rest of my life as a vampire." Tweety said.
"Tweety, if we don't find a cure, can you turn me into a vampire?" Aaooga asked. Tweety was rather taken aback by this question.
"Huh?" Tweety asked in confusion.
"I don't want to feel different from you." Aaooga added. Tweety looked at her.
"If that's what you want." Tweety replied hesitantly.
"Thanks, now let's search for a cure." Aaooga said. They left the study centre and went to the library.
As they turned the corner leading to the library, Tweety and Aaooga bumped into Sylvester. He was still holding the book he'd found in the library.
"Fancy seeing you here." Tweety muttered.
"You found Tweety?" Sylvester asked Aaooga. She fell silent.
"Yes, but he's not the same." Aaooga replied solemnly.
"What do you mean?" Sylvester asked.
"What has long fangs, no reflection, no pulse and a thirst for blood?" Tweety asked. Sylvester gulped. He realised what he meant.
"You're…a vampire?" Sylvester asked hesitantly. Tweety nodded his head sadly. Sylvester turned white and fainted in terror.
"I knew he'd react like this." Tweety muttered. Aaooga then noticed the book that he was holding.
"Look Tweety, that's a book about vampires, maybe it'll help." Aaooga said pointing to the book Sylvester had.
"We need to wake him up and have a look at that book." Tweety replied. He went over to Sylvester and sat on his face.
"Wake up Puddy, nap time's over." Tweety shouted. Sylvester awoke with a jump, knocking Tweety onto the floor.
"Please don't bite me, I'll do anything!" Sylvester pleaded.
"I don't have the urge to bite anyone." Tweety replied. Everyone looked amazed.
"If you're a vampire, you should be wanting to bite everyone." Aaooga said.
"I know, but I just don't have that urge." Tweety replied.
"Well perhaps this book I found will provide answers." Sylvester suggested, showing the book he'd found.
"Then what are we waiting for? Let's start reading." Tweety said. They all went into the library and sat at the main table.
Penelope had been taken to the sacred chamber, hidden in the mansion. She was being restrained by the zombie servants of Sleety.
"At least Sylvester's still free." Penelope said to herself.
"They won't be for long." A voice from he other side of the room replied. Penelope looked and saw Sleety with a ghost that she could not identify flowing around him.
"What do you want from me?" Penelope asked. She noticed something hanging from his neck.
"I want you too find your friends and bring them here." Sleety replied.
"I won't put my friends in danger, especially Sylvester!" Penelope shouted. She had remained quiet to lull the zombies into a false sense of security but at this, she tore herself free and made a run for the door.
"STOP HER!" Sleety shouted. The zombies began to chase Penelope, but they were slow and were unable to keep up with her.
"I need to get out of here and find Sylvester." Penelope said to herself. She kept on running but eventually came to a solid wall.
"If I remember correctly, this wall has a secret passage." Penelope said. She looked down he passage she'd come from.
"No zombies in sight, I should have time to escape." Penelope said to herself. She began searching the wall for a way to open the secret door. She hadn't noticed Count Sleety come up behind her.
"Trying to escape are we?" Sleety asked evilly. Penelope turned round and saw Sleety right in her face. She tried to pull a brave face.
"Get away from me!" Penelope shouted. Sleety laughed.
"You don't frighten me." Sleety said evilly. Penelope flinched but still tried to act tough.
"If you're a canary, there's no reason why I can't eat you!" Penelope threatened. This just made Sleety laugh.
"Really, try it and all your blood will be mine." Sleety replied evilly. Penelope gulped. The zombie servants soon arrived. Penelope's brave face weakened. She banged the wall in frustration, hitting the secret switch to open the secret door.
"Now's my chance." Penelope whispered. She fled through the secret door. Sleety decided not to chase her.
"Let her go, I can get her whenever I want, and Tweety will turn all of them into vampires soon." Sleety said evilly
"And as long as I have the third key, they won't escape." He added.
In the library, Aaooga was looking through the book Sylvester found, Sylvester was examining the key he'd found and Tweety was examining the key Aaooga had found.
"What are you looking at?" Sylvester asked. Tweety showed Sylvester the key.
"This is one of three keys that will unlock the front door." Tweety replied. Sylvester looked at the key.
"It kind of reminds me of a key I found." Sylvester said taking out his key. Tweety looked amazed.
"Great, that means we only need one more key." Tweety exclaimed. He then sat back down and clutched his stomach.
"Are you ok?" Sylvester asked. Tweety looked at him.
"I'm ok." Tweety replied.
"You'd better find some food or you'll die." Aaooga said.
"But I could never bite any of you." Tweety protested. All the time he was feeling hungrier and hungrier.
"Then what do we do?" Aaooga asked. Sylvester looked around and saw a rat running around.
"There's a rat that you could bite." Sylvester suggested. Tweety jumped on the floor and looked at the rat. It reared up and snarled.
"Well, it's not a vampire rat like the one that attacked Aaooga." Tweety said.
"A vampire attacked Aaooga?" Sylvester asked.
"Yeah, but I was able to get rid of it before it bit her." Tweety replied. He looked at the rat, which was still snarling at Tweety.
"If Tweety bites that rat, won't it come after us in it's vampire form?" Aaooga asked.
"Not if we seal it in that box." Sylvester replied pointing to a box in the corner. Tweety had now made up his mind.
"I'm not going to bite the rat, I'm not hungry." Tweety replied. Aaooga became suspicious.
"Most vampires would succumb to hunger right now." Aaooga thought to herself. She went back to reading the book.
Penelope was running away from the hidden passage to get as far away as she could. She eventually stopped at the main entrance.
"Phew, I lost them." Penelope said to herself. She was breathing heavily from all the running she'd just done.
"Now I need to find Sylvester." Penelope said after catching her breath. The room then began to fill with mist.
"Who's there?" Penelope asked, getting very scared. The mist was Sweetie's ghost.
"Sweetie? Were you killed by that vampire?" Penelope asked. Sweetie's ghost nodded and spelt out…
'H, O, W, D, I, D, Y, O, U, K, N, O, W!'
"I met the vampire myself. Do you know where Sylvester is?" Penelope asked. Sweetie nodded and spelt out…
'L, I, B, R, A, R, Y!'
"What about Tweety and Aaooga?' Penelope asked. Sweetie spelt out…
'S, A, M, E, R, O, O, M, B, U, T, B, E, W, A, R, E, T, W, E, E, T, Y!'
"What do you mean by that?" Penelope asked. Sweetie didn't answer that question but instead spelt out…
'F, I, N, D, S, I, L, V, E, R, D, A, G, G, E, R, F, R, O, M, M, Y, B, O, D, Y!'
"What about Tweety?" Penelope asked. Sweetie didn't answer and just disappeared. Penelope then had a horrible thought.
"I hope Tweety's not a vampire." Penelope thought. She began to run towards the library.
In the library, everyone was reading the book that Sylvester had found.
"Let's see what it says about how to cure vampires." Tweety said.
"Firstly, I want to get some information on vampires as you're not acting like a normal vampire." Aaooga replied.
"Ok." Tweety said. They turned to the main page. Aaooga began to read aloud what was written.
"Contrary to popular belief, vampires are not vulnerable to sunlight, holy water or religious artefacts." Aaooga read. "All vampires have no reflection, no pulse and produce no body heat. Most vampires are ruthless killers with evil minds, however there are some exceptions to this rule."
"Exceptions?" Sylvester asked.
"How do exceptions occur?" Tweety asked. Aaooga kept reading.
"If a vampire bites a relative or someone he or she loves, there is a 10 percent chance of a transformation failure." Aaooga read. "If that happens, the new vampire, while able to drink blood, will not need it to survive. They can survive by eating the normal foods for their species. Some of these vampires can live for thousands of years without eating blood once in their lifetime. However they have all the other qualities of vampires. The new vampire will also retain his or her original personality. These vampires are called half-vampires. If they bite another creature, they only create half-vampires."
"So logic follows that I'm only a half-vampire." Tweety said.
"Indeed." Aaooga replied, relieved about the discovery.
"Does that mean that I was bitten by a relative?" Tweety asked.
"We'll have to find out from him later but it seems likely." Sylvester replied. Aaooga continued reading.
"Also contrary to popular belief, vampires do not have unlimited lifespans. Instead, a vampire creature lives 100 times longer the normal lifespan for his or her species." Aaooga read.
"Is there anything about a cure?" Sylvester asked. Aaooga kept reading, suddenly her eyes lit up.
"Yes, there is a way to change a half-vampire back to normal." Aaooga replied excitedly.
"How?" Both Tweety and Sylvester asked.
"The half-vampire must kill the vampire that transformed him or her." Aaooga replied.
"So we have to find Count Sleety and slay him." Tweety said. Aaooga nodded.
"Now I have a chance to save Penelope." Sylvester muttered, but Tweety heard him.
"Penelope's here?" Tweety asked. Sylvester then looked very sad.
"Yes she's here, but she was taken away by the vampire." Sylvester replied. Tweety and Aaooga gasped.
"We'd better find her as soon as we can." Tweety said.
"Shouldn't we arm ourselves with vampire slaying equipment?" Aaooga asked.
"What harms vampires?" Sylvester asked.
"According to the book, silver weapons of any sort." Aaooga replied.
"Where are we going to get one of those?" Sylvester asked.
"I know of somewhere." Came a voice from the entrance.
(A/N: acosta pérez josé ramiro, sorry if I updated too fast for you. I had au unexpected day off work and had time to update this story. Hope everyone's enjoying this story. I said at the beginning that the definition of Vampire would be altered slightly for this fanfic. Sorry if I've offended anyone with the new definition.)