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What's A Vampire?
Morgan just looked at the count and waited for more. She was a little confused, she had never heard of a vampire. "Ok…so what exactly is a vampire?" The count was shocked, "You're kidding right." "No I really have no idea what that is." He knew the girl was being honest because if she really knew what a vampire was she would be running away. "You mean to tell me you have never heard of me…you know Dracula." "Uh…no never heard of a Dracula."
The count leaned back in his chair and laughed. He was glad the girl didn't know what a vampire was, but she was not making his life any easier. "So are you going to tell me what you are or not", asked Morgan now impatient. Where to begin, he thought to himself. "Well…ok, but you have to promise me that you aren't going to freak out." "Sure."
Verona was just waking up as Dracula began his story. She noticed that the girl was gone. "I wonder where she went?" Verona said aloud. Verona climbed out of the bed and felt the icy air. She walked over to her wardrobe to grab a cloak. When she looked inside she noticed that her dark cloak was gone. Aleera, she thought to herself. Verona grabbed a different cloak and headed over to Aleera's room.
"Aleera, why do you insist on stealing all of my stuff? What did you do with my dark cloak?" Aleera was sitting in a chair by her fireplace reading something. She turned and glared at Verona and said, "Why are you always accusing me of stealing your clothes." "Because you are always stealing them." "You know, I'm not the only one who steals your stuff; Marishka steals it too." "Yes, but you're the only one who ever gets caught." The two women were silent for a moment. Verona walked up to Aleera and said, "What are you reading?" Aleera slipped the book down between the cushion and the chair and said, "Nothing, it's just an old book I found." "Really…what is it called?" Aleera got up and said, "It's just an old book ok. By the way where is the girl?" "I don't know. She was gone when I woke up." "That's strange. Let's go and see if Marishka has seen her. We can also check and see if she has your cloak, because I don't."
The two women walked down the hall into Marishka's room. "Still sleeping, what a surprise", said Aleera. "Marishka, wake up", said Verona. Marishka groaned and then turned over to face the other two. "What do you want?" "Well first of all did you steal my cloak? And second of all have you seen the girl?" "No, I didn't steal anything of yours because that is Aleera's job. I haven't seen the girl either." Aleera rolled her eyes, but then looked a little worried and said, "I'm concerned about the girl. If she went wandering around the castle and ran into the master she could be in trouble." Verona was a little shocked. Why would Aleera suddenly take an interest in the girl? "You're right I think we should go find her. If the count finds her first there will be trouble", said Verona.
The three women left the room and headed down the hall. They opened door along the way trying to locate the girl. "Where could she have gone?" asked Marishka. "I don't know this is a big castle, she could have gotten lost." They continued down the hall. Suddenly there was a loud crash. "She's in the library", said Verona, "and it doesn't sound good."
They ran into the library and found the count on the floor. Marishka ran to him and said, "Master are you ok?" He stood and said, "I am going to kill that little demon." "What happened?" asked Aleera. "Well, I found her wandering around in here and pulled her into my study. We began to talk and things were actually going well. Then we started talking about her powers, and somehow us being vampires came out." "What? Are you crazy? Why would you tell her that?" asked Verona. "Let me finish! So I told her about us and then she said she didn't know what a vampire was." The brides looked at each other surprised. "Yeah I know. So I decided that I would tell her what we were. I tried to explain things so she wouldn't freak out." "Well, you obviously didn't do it to well", said an amused Aleera. The count looked at her angrily and said, "Obviously. So the next thing I knew I was on the ground again. That kid is getting stronger everyday, I say we kill her now and get it over with."
"We can't just kill her", said Aleera. "What? Why not" he asked, "If I want her dead you can't do anything about it." Verona stepped forward and said, "Vlad, come on. How did you expect her to react? She is just a kid." The count stood silent with anger in his eyes. "Fine have it your way. If she does one more thing I will take care of it, and nothing will stop me." He started out of the room and said, "She has left the castle. If you want to get her one of you go, but just one. It will be daylight soon and I don't want all of you out. I must sleep now."
He walked out of the room and disappeared. "This isn't good", said Marishka. "Who's gonna go?" asked Aleera. They stood there looking at each other for a moment. "I don't want to go", said Marishka. "I will go", said Aleera. "Why are you acting funny, Aleera?" asked Verona. "We got off to a bad start and I would like to start over." Verona raised an eyebrow and said, "Fine, go ahead and find her, but be careful, you know what those villagers can be like during the daytime." Aleera nodded and flew out the window. "Why is she acting so strange?" asked Marishka? "I don't know, but I plan to find out" said Verona.
I'm really sorry it has taken so long for me to update. I don't know how many times I have re-written this chapter. I finally have something that I think is ok. I hope you like this chapter. Please read and review. As always, ideas are always welcome. I'd also like to say thanks to all of my reviewers!
Princess Airiana: Thanks for the idea. I would have never thought of that.
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