A.N. All right this is the last chapter, I was hoping this would have been a longer story but I just can't do it, the main reason is because this has been kicking my butt. I'm glad many people have enjoyed reading it but I haven't enjoyed writing it too much. This has been a very difficult fic to write for some reason, not in the challenging yet rewarding way more like I don't even want to read this anymore. So with that being said I want to thank anyone who has ever reviewed, without those reviews this would have been a Dead & Buried fic around chapter 5. Came very close a lot of times to just scraping this and saying screw it I don't wanna do it, but now it is done and I don't have it hanging over my head any longer. Hope everyone enjoys the last chapter.

Epilogue

After an agonizing couple hours Elizabeth begins to stir, in vampire movies many new vampires' eyes shoot open and they were on instant alert, not in real life. With real vampires it was like waking up from a deep sleep, slow and gradual, the new creature of the night will want to curl back under the covers and sleep for a little while longer. The reason for this is because the small amount of blood that is given to change the human is just enough to replenish the supply that had just been taken.

Elizabeth purrs like a kitten, stretching out her muscles gradually her lids lift revealing her vibrant bronze eyes. When a vampire is hungry their eyes turn to a lighter shade till they're a white and void of color. "My love, how do you feel?"

She sits up slowly and turns her neck testing her various muscles. "Mmm, hungry." She whispers.

Without warning Harold bursts into the room holding Max and Michael by the back collars of their shirts, Maria enters the bedroom a moment later grasping Isabel by the arm. Alex is the only one not being lead in by someone. "Harold?" Dracula questions his best friend, not happy that his time with his mate is interrupted.

"Caught these two trying to break in, using their alien powers. They've been naughty little mortals." He growls at the two in his hands.

Dracula stares down at Liz, her facial features are scrunched up in disgust, good, his darling can clearly smell that alien blood is poisonous to their kind. "Maria weren't you supposed to keep these three busy and away from the castle?"

"Yea, but to tell you the truth I wanted to see their reaction to the new Liz. While we were "searching" for Liz I felt her change." Maria releases Isabel and holds her arms open striding toward Liz. "By the way congratulations honey. Oh chica we've gotta get you someone to eat."

"The only human in here I don't want to feed from." Liz referring to Alex. Yes, she wants to turn him but use him as a meal, no.

"Don't worry about that hon, I'm sure Dracula here has some dinner on hand." Maria assures her. Harold speaks to one of the minions standing near the door to get someone from the freezer.

"Liz, what the Hell is going on? Who is this guy? Why are you talking about eating someone?" Max manages to choke out.

"I'll answer your questions in order. None of your business, my mate, and I'm hungry." She tries to sound sarcastic or hell even lively but she doesn't have the strength to do much except speak and lean against Dracula.

"Do not worry little one, dinner will be here soon." He strokes her hair, her once warm skin is now deathly cold, soon it will be hotter but for now she's as ice cold as a corpse. His ladylove is fighting to stay awake; her strength and willpower impress him.

Directly in front of her is a perfectly appetizing meal, although the boy is a little on the skinny side he's acceptable and she's not making a single move toward him. No other vampire has had to wait this long for a meal, he'd feed her his blood in a second but her first drink must be human and living.

Finally after a few more minutes the minion is dragging a struggling human into the room. Good, if he's resisting that will make the blood heat up faster and taste so much sweeter. "Harold dump them back at their homes, make sure you alter their memories. Mr. Whitman, if you'd please stay here I'd be very appreciative."

Alex nervously glances toward Maria who nods to him and Liz who is staring at the man on the floor like it's the last piece of roast beef and she hasn't eaten in weeks. "Umm, sure."

Maria watches as Liz violently tears into the struggling man's neck. If she hadn't waited so long she would have been gentler but when you're starving all you can see is the blood lust.

After Liz drains her dinner dry she stands up licking her lips. "That was good." She glances around the room, "Where'd the other's go?"

"They had to go my dear. Now do you wish to ask Alex your question?"

"Sure." She easily agrees. Although she was going to wait till she went to school tomorrow, she instinctively knows she can go out into daylight like Maria, Liz guesses now is as good a time as any.

Liz glides up to Alex and is delighted that he didn't back away or look at her with disgust. She asks him flat out if he wanted to join them, become a vampire like she and Maria are. He thought about it for a little while then told her he would, but not yet. At her questioning glance he explained that he wanted to wait till he got rid of some of his awkward geeky-ness.

Smiling Liz nods and strolls back over next to Dracula and Maria. "Can he still know about us sweetie?"

"Of course, he's going to become one of us eventually, but if he ever changes his mind I'm going to have to wipe his memory of any first hand knowledge about vampires." Dracula tells her, his answer gained him a smile. She's now his forever, just as he is hers forever. Eternity is theirs.

THE END