It was the night after they had gotten back to the Branagh household. And both Vlad and Robin were walking down an empty street, it was barely lit and further down lead to the park where its well known a lot of the older kids from the local Collage went to make small campfires while getting hammered on alcohol and god knows what else. At this point Vlad was starving, all he could think about was blood and he had a hard time not staring at Robins or Chloe's necks.
"Robin..." Vlad stopped and turned around to face his friend. "I think its best you go home. I don't want you to see me like this and its very possible my darker side may come loose and go on a killing spree. I don't want you hurt you." Vlad was pleading for his friend to see reason. But always the ignorant Vampire enthusiast who didn't truly understand what he was actually capable of he simply replied:
"Vlad, we both know thats not going to happen. Your the softest Vampire on earth." he attempted to continue and walk past him with a smug look on his face but Vlad grasped him arm and tugged him into facing him. Face to face.
Vlad bared his fangs, eyes going red with anger and blood lust. "YOU HAVE NO IDEA WHAT I AM CAPABLE OF!" Robin was clearly off put by the sudden change in Vlad. Hes never seen him like this, the boy he knew a few years ago looked alien to the pure anger and power he saw in front of him.
Vlad could tell Robin was frightened by his warning. He could smell it. Fear. And it smelt good. Dragging himself away from the scent and his thoughts Vlad retracted his fangs and his eyes returned to normal. "The last time my darker side got loose, i nearly killed the entire school. I almost bit my Girlfriend Robin, i might be softer in some way, but it doesn't mean im not dangerous."
Robin withdrew his arm as Vlads grip softened. He rubbed it self-consciously. "Fine, ill head back. But don't be too long." Robin wondered off and Vlad continued down the street. Reaching the park gate and stood there for a second thinking over what hes about to do.
He knew Robin hadn't actually gone back home, he was still following him from afar. He thought its better from afar than up close, another confrontation with Robin might not be a good idea in his current starving state.
Vlad never wanted to bite anyone, no matter how tempted he was. But things have changed, he didn't like talking about it. Hoping that he could continue as he once did before his 18th. But in all honesty, once he turned 18 and his Vampire side dominated his moral compose was shattered. He no longer cared for the life of a breather, he never wanted to admit it or act on it but he knew what he had become. Hes become the monster he had feared as a child. This was the real reason he sent Sally and George away, he didn't want them to see him like this, didn't want them to be a risk from the rampage he feared would come of it.
He opened the gate and started to stalk in the treeline towards a clearing. He was tracking the scent of a group of at least 4 youths. Hes never had much in the way of practice when it came to hunting, but he was a natural drawing closer and closer to his prey without a sound. He waited for 5 minutes watching over the group. They were sitting round a camp fire, enjoying various drinks and foods. Two of them retired to the tent they had set up most likely for sleep, the other two continued talking before the dark haired male wondered off to answer a call of nature while the other continued to stare into the fire.
He followed the dark haired boy, no older then perhaps 17 into the thick woods, they were rather far from the fire. This boy obviously didn't like be watched. He gave the boy the mercy of using a bush to relive himself, only because he didn't want his stealth cape or shoes ruined by the boy. Slowly but surely he started to make his way behind the boy as he began to head back up to the camp.
As soon as he was close he put his hand over the boys mouth and pulled him down to the floor and restrained him in place. He bared his fangs and his eyes grew darker until they were fulled black with blood lust. They boys eyes were wide. He could smell the enriched smell of fear, pure absolute fear, It was intoxicating. He started to struggle and try to get himself free, but he couldn't the Vampire was far too strong for him to have a chance. Vlad relished the feeling, he loved it how he struggled against him. Starvation kicking him out of his relishing he bit down into the dark haired boys neck.
The instant his fangs broke skin and into the artery his mouth was flooded the rich and fresh blood from his victim. It tasted different from his fathers vintages. The taste was priceless, unworldly, guessing that was because of the fear and it being 'straight from the source'. He sucked viciously at the bite draining greedy more and more to the very last drop. He licked his lips hoping to get a few more drops worth before standing over the body and look down on it.
He felt strange. He looked down at the body of the victim but couldn't find anything to feel guilty about. He was starving and this young man just so happened to be in the wrong place at the wrong time. He also suddenly felt a lot more powerful, recharged even. After a life time of constant worry and overthinking his head was finally clear. This is the more normal hes ever felt, despite his dream of normal being in a school full of breathers.
Not feeling full yet and still thrown by the overwhelming flavours and pleasure he had taken from his kill he decided that one more kill was needed before he should head back and confront Robin at how stupid and obvious he is doing still watching from the treeline.
Stalking back into the clearing and slowly approaching the young girl with fangs on full display, this one seemed familiar almost. Brown curls and a familiar scent, most likely someone he use to know at Stokely Grammar he reassured himself. As he grew closer, he heard Robin in the move in the treeline behind him and a sudden snap! got the girls attention. He cursed Robin in his head for ruining his kill. But he suddenly found himself glad of such a interference as he took in the confused but slightly worried face in front of him.
"V-Vlad?" she whimpered
His eyes wide and he retracted his fangs. He stumbled back a few steps. "George?" he said as a single tear streamed down his cheek. He hadn't seen his breather half-sister since he turned 18. He sent her away in hopes she'd never see what he has become, and now she was in-front of him. Clearly thinking of his previous predatorial stalking towards her. Then his mind turned back to the present. Wait, how can she remember me?
"Wh-What are you doing here, how can you remember me? This shouldn't be happening!" he said with clear emotion tugging at his non-beating heart. He didn't feel guilty for killing the young man previously, but killing someone George was attached to and even worse, her seeing him like that made him feel disgusted with himself. Clearly not all of his human side had vanished from his soul.
"Why did you send us away, the mind-wipe didn't last long but i felt abandoned. Mum tried telling me you did it so we were protected but clearly that wasn't the issue!" she started to sob, eyes dropping to the floor and emotionally pained noises came from her.
Vlad sat on the log next to her and put his arm around her to attempt to reassure her in whatever way possible. "Im sorry George, i never wanted to leave you or mum. But i..." he trailed off, deeply sighing. "I didn't want either of you to see what i was going to become and what i have become." she looked up to him, eyes wet with tear and then she saw what Vlad could not. Blood from his previous victim was still smeared on his chin. In that moment she realised.
"Wheres Liam?" she asked desperately, clearly hoping what she had just thought of was not true.
"Who's Liam?" Vlad had a pretty good idea who Liam was but didn't want to drown his sister in more misery.
"Dark haired boy, was here just a minute ago."
"I-er... Hes.." clearly struggling for words to try and convene the message, the sudden second wave of emotion hit Georges eyes and she began to sob even louder.
She tried to speak but was hindered by her sobs and emotion. "I- I thought y-you didn't h-hunt people..." she cried more burrowing her head into Vlads shoulder.
"Im sorry George, if i had known you two were attached i wouldn't have gone for him." He sighed again and put free hand that wasn't rapped around his sister to the bridge of his nose. "Ever since my 18th birthday things have changed, my whole moral compass shattered and i found myself open to the idea. I've never acted on it though until now."
Her sobs subsided and she looked up to him again, Vlad looked away, he couldn't deal with seeing her pain. "How are you going to cover up his death?" Vlad was admittedly taken by that, he didn't expect his sister to be so forward about asking how to cover up her friends death.
"There's a stream not far down, ill dump him in the stream and it will look like a drowning." She nodded thinking that was all he was going to do. He would have to rip a limb off as well to make sure whoever found him had a reason to think why all his blood had been drained from his body. The bite mark would have healed over due to his saliva, it mended small wounds well.
"Can i see you again, i cant just not see you after tonight and i often catch mum crying in the lounge admiring that necklace you gave her." Vlads heart strings tugged once again, hopign he'd be able to soothe his sisters pain and also hoping his mother wouldn't see him as monster rather than her son.
"Sure, heres my number. We can talk later but i should really start heading back and you should be getting in bed. Also promise me not to come back to this spot. I- I might need to hunt again tomorrow and i'd rather not hurt you or your friends anymore than i already have."
She nodded stiffly, still obviously emotional over the loss of her friend. "O-okay." she said with a croaky voice.
"Good night." He said fliting off to dispose of the body and then to head back to the gate to let out a long sigh. He knew Robin was still close behind waiting for him to move so he could try and rush back home before he was found out.
"I know your here, may as well come out now."
Robin came out from a a tree a few metres back and walked over to Vlad. "Vlad, im sorry I-" he didn't have time to answer as Vlad shaved him against the bark of the tree eyes dark once again and fangs points showing briefly below his lips.
"I told you. To go home! Why is it every time i tell you something to save your own damn life you ignore it!" He waited expecting and answer but nothing came just a worried stare from Robin. He let go of Robin and faced away from him. "Robin, you need to learn that i am a Vampire and one day i might just loose my control and kill you. Just because i bite you doesn't mean ill turn you. You saw me back there i drained the boy dry, you need blood left to be turned!"
Robin looked down rather guiltily, he only went to watch a real Vampire in action. He watched Vlad drain the boy feeling amazed and also horrified at the way he purposely dragged it out to make the boy overwhelm with fear. That was definitely not the Vlad he knew. But he saw it in the rather strange encounter with the girl a few minutes ago. He hadn't heard a word they said but it was obvious they knew each other.
"Sorry. Really i am, i didn't really know what i was doing to be honest... Who was the girl?" he asked looking back up seeing Vlad turn his head slightly toward him.
"My sister, I'm half breather." clearly seeing another question coming from Robin Vlad raised his hand spoke first "Magda isn't my mother. But she is Ingrids. The count in all his wisdom got my mother Sally pregnant at some Goth festival in Wickbey. Adopted me and raised me. I only met them before i turned 18 and mind wiped them to not remember me so they couldn't see me become what i am now. Turns out the mind wipe didn't last and now my sister knows the monster that i am that always wanted to be free. Worse then that, the boy was a friend of hers."
"So you knew you'd eventually do this then? What happened to the strict Soy Blood only routine you forced into me and Chloe's minds?"
"Oh that wasn't faked, i just didn't want to give in. Ever since i turned 18 and my Vampire side became dominate over my breather side. I no longer had a regard for breathers. With obvious exceptions of course, my family and friends still matter to me." he attempted a weak to Robin which was returned.
They returned back to the house at 2am. Immediately heading up stairs and into their shared room. They found a unimpressed Chloe sitting on Robins bed. Vlad turned away from her still in his cape and stealth attire. He noted the blood stains on his shirt. He closed the door still facing away and he rested his head against it.
"Robin, where on earth have you been. Not only do you two come back all cut up but then you disappear as soon as the sun goes down!" she turned her attention to Vlad who still had his head against the door. "Vlad are you okay? You look like hell."
He removed his cape and folded it in him arms holding it over the area with the blood stains. "Im fine, think i'll have a early night."
She continued to look at him suspiciously, not believing what he had said and also noting his unwillingness for her to see his shirt. She then turned back to Robin. "Well?"
"Vlad went hunting so i naturally came along." Vlad sighed deeply as he dropped into his bed. How could Robin be so stupid, does he have any idea how annoying his sister can be when shes worried he'll all of a sudden drain them all.
"WHAT?!" eyes wide, standing up from the bed and glaring at Vlad.
"Not like that! He needed blood she he bit a few sheep and cows. No biggy!" stood between Vlad and a irate Chloe.
"What happened to all this veggie Vamp stuff! If he needed blood he could have raided a blood bank or something and not have needed to kill some poor sheep or cow!"
They hadn't thought of that. How much easier things would be right now if that's what he had done and not drained his sisters friend. God knows how she was going to explain that to their mum when they spoke next.
"Well, we didn't really think of that..." Robin answered quite honestly embarrassed by their stupidness.
"Why does that not surprise me" She said face palming and then looking back up. "Still haven't answered my question though."
This time it was Vlad who answered. "My Soy blood was destroyed when we fought a stone knight guarding my fathers amulet in the castles underground tunnels." He dropped the cape once blocking his blood stains now that hurdle was passed, unbuttoned his shirt and showed her the Amulet they had collected. "I also need real blood to help heal my wounds and with me needing to leave tomorrow for my coronation i could really do with some sleep before i have to fly back to Romania."
She stared at them for a while, clearly not believing she was getting the full story and then left to allow them to change and sleep.
Vlad struggled to fall asleep, for one it was night and his nature demanded he should be wide awake but on the other hand he was still fretting over his sudden reunion with his sister and how badly it had gone.
He soon drifted off, mind in civil war with emotion and the prospect of whether or not he should attempt to re-mind wipe his breather family. He didn't want to face them after what he had done to George. At least he didn't need to undo the rest of the Branaghs mind wipes now he was leaving soon.
Tomorrow night, he Officially became the Grand High Vampire. With new responsibility's and conflicts to solve.
To be continued...
Sorry i haven't updated in a while. Been busy. Got a new fanfic underway called "Path of the Chosen Ones" its a Harry Potter - Young Dracula cross over. So ill try to update on both stories as i continue. Please make sure to comment on what you'd like to see next and all. Thanks!