I dedicate this fanfiction to my girlfriend and a special thanks to Penelope Anne Neptune for helping me in translation.

CHAPTER 4 - Subconscious

"Mavis..." Said a whispering voice in the dark

"Who's there?" Mavis broke the silence

"Mavis..."

"Who are you?"

The vampiress could see in the dark, but all around her was black, she couldn't even see herself.

"Are you alone, poor monster?"

"Get out!" Shouted Mavis, she was starting to worry.

"Are you scared?"

"I'm not afraid of anything!"

"Are you afraid of yourself?"

The question from mysterious voice took Mavis by surprise, it was true, but she wouldn't admit it.

"Do not be afraid, otherwise you will become weak."

"What do you want from me?" Mavis growled angrily.

"What would YOU want..."

"I don't want anything!"

The vampire slowly backed a few steps, but she struck thick fur. Immediately in front of her, a giant bright yellow eye of a cat opened, Mavis could feel the wickedness of this beast. With light of the eye she could see the countering of the huge creature around her. The eye approached menacingly towards her. It became the only thing that Mavis could see around her; it was huge, much bigger than her. The Iris was composed of thousands of human figures, yellow and suffering, fused into a single body. The faces of the human figures were without hair and eyes, they were anonymous, their mouths were wide open in search of a desperate scream that could not be issued. They waved their arms like algae moved by the tide and they squirmed to get free.

The girl was terrified and she couldn't move a muscle. Then the thin pupil widened, the hands of those damned extend towards the vampiress, until they grappled and dragged her inside the eye. She felt squeezed and pulled deeper and deeper until she didn't stop and kept locking on the living wall.

In that hell she saw a mature woman from back, she had long straight black hair and she was wearing a dark cloak. She seemed at ease in this place.

The girl felt shaking and she heard a man's voice far away:

"Mavis! Mavis!"

The mysterious woman began to turn, the young one saw only a small part of the face, but it looked like her a lot.

"Aaaaaaaaahh!" Mavis shouted and waking with a start sitting up on her bed with her arms around her legs.

"Did you have a bad dream? I heard you speaking in your sleep."

Her father tried to reassure her, sitting next to her and leaning a hand on her shoulder, but he saw his daughter was still terrified. She was shaking and had tears in her eyes.

"Do not worry. I'm here with you. What's bothering you? You can tell me, my little voodoo doll!"

Dracula smiled, but she didn't desire to look at him and she continued to be lost in the void.

"I get it. I'm going to call Jonathan-" His words were cut when Mavis held him by a thigh.

"I want to be alone ..."

"Ok, do you feel sick?"

"No, I'm fine"

"Are you worried about him? Because he was hurt... that is, you're sorry... however, he's fine, do not worry..."

Dracula's speech was a bit of a ramble, but Mavis knew that it was an indirect way to get information about what she was really feeling.

"It did not seem so serious… that cut... I think he's right!" She said with a fake smile, while she calmed down and stopped shaking.

Dracula hugged his daughter, whispering in her ear:

"Everything can worry you; I'll always be at your side. You'd better come down; Jonny was a bit worried when you ran away like this..."

Mavis looked down.

"No ... I want to be alone for a while. I have not rested well during the day and I'm tired for these frantic evenings." It was only an excuse, but if she had told the truth to her father, he would have asked her a lot of questions.

Dracula rose from her bed and walked towards the door, but he was stopped by the voice of the girl:

"Can you do me a favor?"

"Of course my honey-guts, whatever you want!"

"Can you stay with me? At least for a while..." Then she lay on her side.

"Sure, as long as you want" He went back to the bed and sat down, gently stroking his daughter's hair and singing softly, she fell asleep in no time.

The door was open, and Jonathan was about to knock when he noticed Dracula turning to face him, his eyes full of sadness and saw the boy about to enter, so he moved his head to say no.

The vampire got up and walked to Jonathan closing the door quietly behind him.

"Drac, what's wrong with her?"

"I don't know, she said she wants to rest a little, but I saw her very upset... I'm worried about her."

"What could have happened to her? Tonight, when I woke up she was so playful! "

"I do not know..." Then he looked at the injury on thumb of the boy.

"Had she felt it, too?"

I'm sorry that this chapter is shorter than the others.
I wrote 14 chapters in Italian (about 18,000 words) and now I will devote myself to the translation.

This is my first story ever. I know, I'm crazy to write my first fanfiction (I've always hated writing and reading!) so long and not in my native language, but this movie gave me inspiration! Please review! I'm curious to know what you think of my work :3

I'll see you all in the next chapter!