Chap. 8

When Carl entered the Library he sat down and started reading a book that was right next to him. It had a lock and it was unlocked!! He opened it. He read the first page.

Dear Diary,

Hi it's me again, I must sound really stupid talking to a book but I just saw my future husband. "Yeah right!" He is soo cute but, I don't know what his name was. I saw him walking down the street. I was walking with my parents and he smiled at ME!!!! I am soo happy. I hope no one in my future reads this but I took a picture of him and I pasted my self right next to him. Well got to go.

Princess Anna Marie Valerious.

Carl turned the page. He saw the picture and he thought the young Anna looks exactly like the old Anna. He studied the boy next to her. "Funny how he looks like I think Van would look when he was that age. Could it be?" he looked around and got straight up and dropped the book on the floor and ran after Van Helsing." Van helsi..." he walked in as he saw the two on the floor still cracking up." Umm...you guys are still laughing about when I acted all sad like?" all they did was nod." Yeah well I need to talk to van." Carl said all seriously. Van stopped laughing. Well at least tried." What's up Carl?" Carl looked confused. "Are you really that stupid that you don't know what is up? The sky stupid." Van sighed. "No it means what's wrong." Carl felt stupid. "Oh. I need to talk to you in private; no offence to Anna but This is something you really can't hear." He said to Van Helsing and Anna. "Okay, I'll be right back I promise." Anna nodded and he walked out the door with Carl." Alright tell me." He took a deep breath. "Okay well I left Anna's room and went into the library. I sat down in a chair and found this book it had a lock but it was unlocked so I opened it. It turned out to be Anna's Diary..." Van Helsing cut him off. "You read Anna's Diary!!!?" Carl nodded. "Yes but you see, I was wondering Do you remember being in Transylvania when you were about fifteen years old?" Carl asked him. "No I don't remember anything from before Cardinal took me in. Cardinal!!! He doesn't even know that I am in love with Anna. How I am I supposed to tell him about that I am the King of Transylvania." Carl eyes grew big." You are!!!!" van helsing looked at him like DUH! "I am marrying the princess of Transylvania." animation of puppy looking guilty. "Well, I knew that I was just seeing if you knew it." Van rolled his eyes. "Yeah sure." "Yeah well, do you have a picture of your self when you were around 15?" "When Cardinal took me in, he said he found a picture of a boy in my pocket and he said it looked like me." "Do you have it with you?" "Yeah, I carry it around with me where ever I go." "Can I see it?" "umm, sure." he took out the picture and handed it to Carl. Carl took it and held it up to the picture of the boy with the pasted picture of Anna. He smiled and screamed. "I knew it!!!" Van looked at him very strangely "you knew what?" he asked him.Iknewthatyouwereinthepicturewithannawhenshewasaboutfifteen!!" he said really fast. "Wooah Carl Slow down and tell me calmly and slowly. "When-----you----were----about--..." "Not that slow carl." "Oh right, when you were about fifteen you were in Translvania and she saw you before and she had a high school crush on you!!!" Van looked very confused."Ooooookay so you are saying that Anna had a crush on me when she was young." Carl nodded and handed him a book. "Read the first page. He opened the book and saw the most beautiful Handwriting he ever saw. He was impressed. He read the first page. "Wow so she's talking about me?" he asked and Carl nodded. He smiled and closed the book and walked out the door and back into Anna's room. He opened the door and found her reading a book in the corner. He went over and put a hand in her shoulder. She jumped and looked up and saw Van smiling. "Oh van it's you what did Carl want?" He just sat down next to her and said," if he wanted you to know than he would say come with me, but aren't you glad I touched you." He tried to hold in a laugh. Anna looked at him very strangely almost like he was this strange guy who she didnt know who was acting all weird. "Umm sure I guess but, Gabe what's wrong?" he just stared at her for a few seconds than burst out laughing. Anna was really confused now. She put her hands on her hips, "what is so funny?" He just kept on laughing and laughing and laughing and laughing. He took out the picture from his pocket and handed it to her still laughing. She took it from him and gasped. "H...h...how did you get this? It was in my diary!!!!!! Maybe it fell out. Did you take it were you reading my diary because that is an invasion of my personal space!!!?" "Anna hun now don't get mad but it wasn't me." Anna looked at him like what!? "It was carl" he exploded out laughing again. Anna felt some anger grow inside of her and wanted to go after Carl but decided not to until later. "Van I am not mad but I really don't get what is so funny!!! I am sure you had a high school crush on a girl!!" she yelled at him." He tried to hold back a laugh. "Listen anna, that wasn't just some any ole boy walking down the street." Anna looked very confused. "What do mean?" she asked him. "That boy.......was me." He said as he cracked up again. "Was who?" "Me!!" Anna looked at him like he was crazy "yeah right!" he nodded and handed her the other picture of him when he was about fifteen. "How did you get a picture of my high school crush, this wasn't mine I did not take this picture." She explained to him. "You're right my mom took it. That's me Anna, That's me when I was fifteen." She gasped. "So I had a crush in you when I was fifteen and I have a...I mean I am in love with you now. My word! I said in my diary that I just saw my future husband and I did!!!!" she burst out laughing and Van stared at her for a moment than started cracking up too for no reason what-so-ever. Carl was in the basement working on his new invention, when he heard noises from upstairs. Sounds like anna and Van gaspthey must be in trouble!!!!! He thought worriedly. He grabbed the newest and strongest invention (also the lightest!!! LOL) and ran upstairs as fast as he could, which is not fast. He ran up and down the hallways until he found the room the sound was coming from. He threw the door open only to find Van Helsing and Anna Laughing hysterically. He was very confused. "Ummm yeah I will leave you two alone and go back to my inventing, bye." He said to Anna and Van Helsing who were still laughing on the floor.

In the Basement:

Carl was working on his new experiment. Animal talking potion. (Weird I know but you'll see what happens later.) suddenly a squirrel climbs in the window and runs on to the desk that carl is working at. The squirrel sniffs the potion he is working on and carl screamed and threw the potion in the air and it landed on the ground and exploded BOOM he coughed and pushed the smoke away and saw that the squirrel was running away!!!!!!!! It went through the window he tried to get out the window but he couldn't because of his cloak, so he took it off. (don't worry he has clothes on). Now he was wearing a black sweat shirt and pants. And he could slip out the window. He went was outside. He saw the little squirrel and laughed evilly to himself. "come here little squirrel I won't hurt you." He said as he was sneaking up on it. He pounced on it but it got away and he landed on his stomach. "Curses!!!" he got up and chased the squirrel around the yard. Inside the house Anna heard something outside and walked over to the window and saw a strange man in a black outfit trying to catch a squirrel and screaming I am going to get you...you little potion exploder you. She stopped laughing and said, "Gabriel there is a strange man in our yard go take care of him." Anna ordered him. "our? Cool" he said as he walked out the door and took his weapon and snuck around the house to see a strange man chasing a squirrel. He ran into the yard. "freeze." He said as he held the gun up to the little man facing the opposite direction and he froze. "now, I suggest you stop chasing the squirrel and get off my yard." He said calmly yet harshly. "I can't do that, because I live here too." Carl said as he turned around. Van helsing noticed who it was and lowered his gun. CARL?" "yes?" Van helsing was taken aback. "is it really you?" carl nodded. "what are you doing with out you're cloak on I never saw you with out you're cloak on, you look great!" (and no he's not gay. He is just a friend who never saw his friend with his cloak off.) "aww you're just saying that." Van helsing shook his head. "no I am not I mean anna didn't know who you were." Carl shrugged. "well anna doesn't know that well now does she." Van helsing nodded in agreement. "good point." Inside Anna was wondering what was taking Gabriel so long. She walked outside and saw Gabriel talking to the stranger. She was behind carl so carl could not see her. "what ARE you doing?" anna said rather loudly which made carl jump and scream. He turned around and saw anna standing there. "geeze Anna you scared the bajeebers out of me!!!!!" Anna cocked her head and stared at him. "who are you? What are you doing here? And what do you want from me and my husband?" silence. Carl was scratching his head in thought. "actually you are not married yet." He pointed out. Anna through her hands up in the air. "HOW DOES HE KNOW ALL THESE THINGS?!!! FIRST HE KNOWS MY NAME AND THAN HE KNOWS ME AND GABREIL ARE NOT MARRIED YET!!" she said to no one in particular." WHAT ARE YOU A MIND READER?" Carl looked scared. "n...n...no." he said shaking. "THAN WHAT OR WHO ARE YOU?" Gabriel, just watching all of this happen, stepped in and said something. "I will give you a hint, more like a few. okay his middle name is James." Carl looked over to him in disbelief also with a look that said I-told-you-never-to-say-that-to-anyone. Van Helsing just smiled. It was one of those smiles that made Anna crazy, but she wouldn't show it she was curious who this man with a

middle name of James is. "He is really annoying." Carl nodded his head in agreement than realized what he just said. "hey!!!!" Anna knew that voice but she just could not put her thumb on it. (I mean who can?!! Who can put there thumb on a voice, anyone?) "just tell her van I mean either you will or I will." Wait there is only one person Gabe will allow to call him that well except for me. She thought. "carl?" she said slowly. he looked back to her. "yes?" her jaw hit the ground. "Anna how can you that? Make you're jaw hit the ground?" Anna Just stayed like that. (LOL JK this is what really happened!!) Her jaw hit the ground. "Where is you're cloak? Why are you not in it and why did you never take it off before?" Carl thought for a moment. "Hmm my cloak is in the basement, I took it off because this squirrel came in and exploded the potion I was working on and I couldn't fit through the window to chase it, and I never took it off because I didn't feel like it and because when we are working down in the armory we are not allowed to take it off and I am always working down there." Carl said matter-of-factly. "yeah cause you can't figure stuff out." He said under his breath. Unfortunately carl heard him and glared at him. "I can so figure stuff out it just takes me awhile to do it." They stood in silence until carl finally said. "I'm hungry can we go eat dinner." Anna and Van Helsing looked at him. "sure" they all got up and walked inside. Anna called for the maid. "yes Princess Anna what it is?" Anna looked over to Gabe and he smiled and she smiled. "Make us Dinner please, for two." She was still mad at carl. "Excuse me!!!" Carl screamed at her. "you can make your own dinner." The maid exited the room and came back a few minutes with a two silver platters on a tray and sat it down in front of Anna and Gabriel. Carl was looking at the food and practically Drooling. The maid walked over to carl. "I will make you something to eat." She said in a lovey dovey voice. Anna and Van Helsing looked at each other and shrugged. "well thank you." Carl said happily, than realized the maid w as getting closer to him so he moved on his chair, she just kept getting closer and car just kept moving until he fell off the chair. Anna and Van Helsing started cracking up. The maid rushed over to carl. "are you alright?" he looked up and saw the maid right in his face. He scooted away. "I'll be fine, thanks." She smiled. "good, now I will make a special something for a special someone." She said as she ran into the kitchen. "Carl's got a girl friend!!!!" Van Helsing said as he laughed harder. "no I don't, she likes me it doesn't mean I like her." Anna stopped laughing. "well don't you dare say that to her, Mary was the only friend I had, and she was my best friend and if you hurt her feelings I swear carl..." Van Helsing cut her off. "carl would never hurt anyone's feelings on purpose, Anna." Carl nodded in agreement. "right, she is very nice really she is but she's just not my type." Anna made a face. "what do you mean not you're type!" Van Helsing answered for him. "belive me anna men know when the right woman has come along, I fought side-by-side with a lot of women before but I never fell in love, but when I fought with you it just felt right, like I was home." Anna looked at him her eyes full of love. "oh Gabriel, I love you so much." She threw her arms around his neck and pressed her lips to his. "there is someone else In the room." Carl said. They separated and their cheeks turned a bright pink. The maid entered the room with a platter larger than Van Helsing's and Anna's together. Their mouths hung open as they watched the maid put the platter in front of carl. He opened it and saw...a plate of salad. Anna and Van Helsing started cracking up. "a salad? My special dinner is a salad?" Mary smiled and nodded, than her face turned serious. "you have to stay healthy and a salad is a great dinner, I eat it every night." He smiled, weakly and stared at the vegetable dinner in front of him. "Well aren't you going to eat it?" He picked up his fork and grabbed a piece of lettuce and put it in his mouth. He made a gross face but said "emmmmm good." Mary squealed and ran in to the kitchen. Carl swallowed and said, "That was the worst thing I ever tasted." Anna and Van Helsing just kept laughing. "anna do you have a dog?" she kept laughing. "van Helsing!! Van Helsing would you..." he started "sorry Carl I am afraid ware wolves are carnivores." Carl grunted and sank into his chair.

Later that night:

Van Helsing was sitting on the couch with Anna right next to him leaning on his shoulder. "Gabriel?" she asked breaking the silence. He moaned. "nevermind." He looked down at her. "what? Tell me." She sighed. "nothin, I was just going to tell you that I wanted to go for a walk but you seem comfortable." He smiled and kissed her head. "anna you do what ever you want, don't worry I'll be here when you get back." She smiled and got up. "have a nice walk." He said as she left the room. "thanks" she called. Perfect, now is the time to get Carl for reading my personal diary. She smiled evily. There was only one problem. She had no idea where he was. She saw mary walking down the hall. "mary!" she turned around sharply. "ah princess anna, what do you want?" she asked as she walked towards Anna. "do you know where Carl is?" she nodded and pointed toward the back door. "he said he was going to the stables." Anna smiled and said "thank you." Ana went out the door and into the stables, she saw Carl petting a horse a talking silently to it. "Hello Carl" she said as she closed the door. He turend around sharply. "oh anna, it's just you." He said putting a hand to his chest. "well right now I am mad and you don't want to mess with me when I am mad." She said as she moved closer and closer to carl. He thought for a moment. "oh about the diary thing, look it was open unlocked, it had a very pretty covor and I just couldtn resist when I see a book with a pretty covor I read it, im sorry!" she said nothing and just kept getting closer and closer to carl. "Can you exuse me for a moment. Anna stopped. "just for a moment." She said crossing her arms. He nodded and ran into the other room. Suddenly there was the silent sound of clip-clopping. Why that little...(take this time to fill the blank in the blank with your favorite insults.) she thought. She put on a saddle on her horse and got on it and rode out of the stables and saw Carl riding off in the distance. She smiled and rode in another direction.

Carl rode through the woods trying to escape Anna. He looked backwards and saw no one fallowing him so he slowed down. Suddenly a horse came popping out of the woods right behind him with Anna on it's back. He suddenly picked up the pace of the horse and raced through the woods. Carl saw a big jump ahead of him with no bridge connecting the two points. He kicked the horses sides and the horse ran faster. The horse saw the jump and started to slow down but Carl kept kicking it. The horse was coming up on the jump and it's two front hooves left the ground than it's back hooves and he want soaring through the air. Down on the ground there was lady with her big brother taking a drink from the stream. The lady heard a loud neigh than an excited scream so she looked up and saw a horse jumping over the gorge with a man on it's back. Suddenly a horse came behind him stopping short right near the edge of the gorge. She recognized the second person. It was Princess Anna, the princess of translvania. He shouldn't run away from The princess. She thought as she watched the man jump over the 20ft gorge. The princess turned around and rode away. The lady looked at her brother and saw he wasn't watching so she got on her horse and rode up the mountain.

When Carl reached the other side he rrode for a couple of seconds the nstopped and looked back and saw Anna rididng away. He smiled and kept rididng. After a few minutes he heard the sound of a horse behind hi, he looked back and saw a lady riding on a horse. He picked up the pace of his horse. The lady was confused, so she picked up the pace of her horse too. Carl got faster and turned in between the trees and went behind a big bush. The lady slowed the horse down to a walk. She walked right past Carl, and Carl relaized that it wasn't Anna. He came out of the bushes and the lady turned around. "hello, who are you?" Carl asked her. She smiled and trotted up to him. "my names Britney." Carls eyes got big when she got closer. Wow! She the most beautiful woman I ever saw! He thought. She saw him staring at her and waved a hand in front of his face. He didn't blink. So she hit him and rode off laughing. He snapped out of his trance and saw her running away laughing, he laughed too and ran after her. She soon stop as she saw a man in front of her. Carl was still behind her laughing when he opened his eyes and saw that she stopped. He pulled his horse to a stop right behind her. "what did I tell you about riding away!" The man shouted at her, Carl looked to her and saw she had tears in her eyes. "im...im...sorry." He huphed and turned around and said, "come with me!" She started to fallow her but Carl stopped her. "you don't have to fallow him." She shook her head. "yes I do, hes my brother and If I don't listen to him, whe new find our mothere and father he will tell on me." She said tears rolling down her cheeks. "so..." he thought for a moment. "you could come live with me! I have plently of room and lots of protection!" She smiled and watched as her brother rode down the path silently. She looked at car land nodded. He smiled and motioned for her to fallow him. She did. They slowly walked until Britney looked back and saw her brother riding towards them. She panicked and rode ahead of Carl, he was confused. "look back!" she yelled, he did and saw the man catching up to them. HE rode faster and faster and Carl lead Britney to the manor and shut the gates and still rode up to the stables with briteny right behind him. "what are we doing here?" she asked. "it's my home." He said. She gasped. "you live with Princess Anna!!" Carl shrugged. "yes, and she is soon to be come queen, my friend van helsing proposed to her and she said yes and Van HElsing dragged me along even though I said I wasn't I field man!!!" Britney stared at him very strangely. "you're weird." Carl smiled. "yes, I know that. That what's makes me funny!" Shhe laughed. "you got that right!" Car cocked hi head. "you mean you really think I'm funny." She smiled. "yes" her smile faded. "do not all people." He got off his horse and put it in it's cage. "well yes but never a girl." Never a girl that I liked. He thought. "oh really well heres one girl who thinks your funny!" sge said smiling. She got off her horse and handed the reigns to Carl. "Come I will introduce you to Van Helsing and anna." He said motioning for her to fallow him. She nodded and fallowed him into the manor. Carl roamed the manor until he found anna snuggled up on Van Helsing sleeping. "Carl?" Britney asked halfway down the hall. "Shhhhh!!!" Carl said motining for her to come over to where he was. She looked in and saw Anna and Van Helsing snuggled up on the couch sleeping. "come I will show you to your room." Carl said walking down the hall. She fallowed him. He opened a door and said, "here you go." She gasped. "wow! It's so big and beautiful!" she said as she walked in. "goodnight Britney." He said as he closed the door and went to his room.