"Maddie, I haven't been able to sleep for the past few months. Knowing you are with another man just kills me, especially when that man was my best friend back in school. You don't have a clue as to how much I want you for myself. I want you to be my wife, and the mother to my children. You were the love of my life ever since Jack introduced me to you. I was going to ask you to the big dance, but due to Jack's crass behavior the week before, I had to spend nearly all my four years in the hospital. That's why I had to suffer all these years without you near me! That's why I won't even sleep without dreaming of you! Oh, Maddie, how can I make you mine?"

Just as Vlad had asked that question, his front door boomed open and a really large guy came in, carrying something that Vlad had ordered his servant to fetch him. It was a mirror with originally gold frame, which was covered with dirt now. Vlad knew this wasn't any old mirror. It was a mirror which lets anyone see what they wanted – in the past, present, and even in the future. Vlad nodded towards the back of the room and his servant immediately went over to place the mirror where his master mentioned. He bowed, and then scurried out the mansion. He lived right next to the mansion, and came over whenever his master needed him, unlike all the other servants.

Vlad smiled to himself, carefully examining the mirror to see how eye-pleasing it was. It needed some cleaning up; along with the frames, the actual mirror was covered with bits of dirt and dust. Thinking that it'd be best to let his servant clean it, he put that need aside. He stood in front of the mirror, thinking of what to ask the mirror to show him, as a trial.

"Show me what the Fentons are doing." Vlad said, and waited. The mirror glowed green and some color began to show in the mirror. After several seconds, it became as clear as a summer's day. Vlad could see the whole Fenton family eating dinner at the kitchen table. He was rather surprised to find out that he could hear what they were saying! This was some mirror, he thought to himself.

His main focus was on Maddie, obviously. She was going around the table, asking if anyone wanted extra salad. It was only a second later that Vlad noticed an empty seat at the table. The boy was missing...but where could he have gone to? Vlad searched his mind for possible answers. At least, he gave up and switched the mirror to where the boy was.

At first, the picture was blurry, but then Vlad saw that Danny was sitting at a table in an Italian restaurant. A blonde girl was sitting close to him. So close that her hair was on Danny's shoulder. They kept on looking at each other every now and then and talked. They were talking in whispers, so Vlad couldn't really hear what they were saying. The way the kids were acting so chummy made Vlad long for him and Maddie to act in the same way.

Suddenly, an idea occurred to him. It was a plan, a plot of how he would get Maddie once and for all. As he watched Danny and the girl some more, the idea grew bigger and bigger inside Vlad's head, until he couldn't think of any more components.

"I would have to look for someone to help me..."

Vlad decided to look for that someone tomorrow; he was too tired to do so now. He turned off the mirror and changed into his nightclothes. He slipped into his enormous bed and drifted off to sleep with a smile upon his face.

He couldn't wait to carry out his plan.