A/N: Hi! Well I've decided to put a twist in this chapter, enjoy! I've decided to go through this is Val's POV.
Valkyrie's POV:
I woke up late in the day, around 1 pm. My parents were out, perfect. I called Jason round, he'll be here in twenty minutes for our project. I was about to walk into the kitchen when the door rang. Jason was fast! I opened the door with a big grin on my face which later faded, it wasn't Jason. It was Uncle Jonno and Nana Mina. Aunt Ingrid stood behind them.
"Hey. What's up?" I asked confused. Dad never brought his work home. "Has something happened to my Mum and Dad?" I asked worriedly. They shook their heads.
"Hey Val, can we come in?" Aunt Ingrid asked. I nodded and gestured for them to come in. "I think we better wait till your parents come home." she said. I nodded again. Realising something, I sighed.
"Well, I'm expecting my boyfriend in 15 minutes for our project. I think Mum left a note that they would be at least half an hour. They've gone for a scan" I said excited. The people who stared at me were confused. "You didn't know? Mum's five months pregnant. Oh. They were going to tell you tomorrow. At the announcement party. Woops, big secret no more..." I said sadly.
"Wow, congratulations, sweety. Is it a girl or boy?" My auntie asked. I smiled, and looked down.
"Now that, you have to wait. I can tell you that my new sibling's name would begin with E though." I grinned. They all smiled at me innocently. What's going on?
Mum and Dad finally got back. Jason and I were halfway through out project, which we had to do in front of my 'family'. "Hey, what's up?" Dad asked the exactly same question I did. Ingrid gestured for Jase to leave the room he did and I was about to follow him when she called me back to sit down on the carpet, where I'd left. "Now something is serious..." Dad said.
"Can I just say, congratulations, little brother." Aunt Ingrid said in her usual weird self. At first Mum and Dad looked confused then shared a glance then stared at me. I looked down. I mouthed that I was sorry.
"Yeah, thanks. So why are you guys here? If there was something wrong, we'd talk about it at the Guild or somewhere, not here." Vlad, my Dad said.
"It has nothing to do with you, it has something to do with Erin. Someone dug something out in her past and is now wanting to slay her for this." Nana Mina said. Everyone, including me and excluding Mum were shocked.
"What exactly?" Mum asked, I think she knew already. She looked to my Dad who didn't look at her. She looked back to my Uncle and Nan. "I...Vlad...Valkyrie can you leave us for a minute?" Mum asked me, not taking her eyes off my father. I didn't know what to do, go or stay.
"No, she's old enough to know I guess. I also need to know this. I need to know why they want to kill my wife who's heavily pregnant and why they choose now." Dad said.
"Vlad, it was 16, nearly 17 years ago. Why do they want to make me leave my children?" Mum said. She stared at Jonno angrily. I looked around at everyone's reactions. What happened before I was born, or conceived?
"What did happen? Mum, Dad? Uncle Jonno?" I asked worried. Was it something to do with me? I looked around but no one changed their reactions.
"I bit...I bit over 100 breathers, Val. I swear I've changed. I've gone veggie! Your Dad made sure." Mum said pleading with me. I looked at her scrunching my eyes.
"You hypocrite! Ever since I turned, I've been getting these blood lusts. I was desperate for human blood. I was this close to biting a breather, Mum! But there you were, draining over 100 people." I said. Mum looked away, I could see my Dad was shocked, he never knew this. I continued, "Daddy? Have you got secrets too? Have you bit breathers?" I looked at him.
"Yes." Dad said. My eyes widened. "Only one, your mother." I got confused. "She was dying, I had to save my future Queen." My Dad said, he squeezed my Mum's hand. "I wont let them kill you." He whispered to her. "I did have blood lusts like you did thought, I got through them. I was this close into draining my whole school." He admitted to me. Aunt Ingrid nodded at this and she went into shock. "Sorry, Ingrid" He said to her. She looked away.
"I'm sorry Mum. I didn't know you died." I was sad now. "What happened between you and Dad, Auntie?" I asked Ingrid. She shook her head.
"If it wasn't for your mum, I would have been dust. Your dad didn't know what he was doing..." She took a 'breath' and shook her head. Uncle Jonno touched her knee for support. "Your dad got evil and he forced me into the sunlight. He apologised and we never spoke of it again, until now..." She said. I looked up, and a tear escaped my eye.
"Why does that give you the reason to bite breathers, Mum?" I went back on topic ignoring my emotions and true feelings.
"I didn't want to become this. But, I did and I would never change having you or Esmé. And I would also never change running back to your father and marrying him. Being his Queen." She replied, my parents shared a moment looking into each others eyes. I wanted to disturb them but Ingrid shook her head at me. It was best not to. "I did it because I wanted to get back at your dad. I stopped draining breathers when I realised that I was missing something, Vlad." Mum smiled again and kissed Dad.
"Why did you want to get back at him mother?" I asked waiting for her excuse.
"Because he turned me into a Vampire against my will but he wanted to save me. I got angry with him and cheated on him with his half-brother and left to France where I bit the breathers. I was really angry with him but then the anger turned into loneliness then to sadness and desperation, I wanted my True Love back." She kissed him again, this time longer, I rolled my eyes and everyone in the room looked away. Once they got going and you distracted them, they'll be embarrassed. If we could turn red we would alot.
"I need you to follow me to the Guild. Vlad can come too." Nana Mina said.
"Can I come?" Dad looked at me, he smiled and shook his head sadly.
"Sorry, if they choose death, I cant hold you when you go super angry, babe." He said to me. Ever since I became a Vampire, I got angry at any thing that infected my family. I was super protective like Dad. I wouldn't blame him, he doesn't blame me either.
"Fair enough, when will you be back? We need to sort out the decorations for tomorrow." I tried to get them to stay.
"You can start with it and when you go to bed..." I groaned. "When you go to bed and I mean it Val, at 10 pm sharp. Your Dad and I would finish the rest when we're back Ok?" Mum said, I nodded.
"They cant kill you, they can arrest you, but cant kill you, you're five months pregnant." I reasoned with them looking at the slayers, Jonno and Mina.
"They can wait four months till I have Esmé then kill me then." Mum said sadly. "Best not say anything now, what I say can be held against me right?" She asked the slayers who nodded. "Bye, Baby. Whatever happens I love you, Esmé and your Dad very much ok?" Mum said. She cupped my cheeks in her hands. I nodded.
"Love you muma." I hugged her and kissed her forehead. I was a bit close to the Transylvanian side of me. My Dad was Transylvanian but he never spoke it to Mum, even though she needed to learn it because she was Queen but Dad never forced her to. He only spoke it to me because I studied it, Aunt Ingrid taught me. "Take care of Essie." I said, Essie being short for Esmé. Mum nodded and they all left leaving Jason to join me shocked and crying, cradling me in his arms.
I went to bed at 10 as my mother instructed. I wasn't tired at all, I wanted my mummy. As much as that sounds babyish, it's true. I rolled around on my bed, wishing that my Mum got off lightly. I twisted and turned, trying to find a comfortable position so I could shut my eyes and drift off, but sleep and I were enemies at the moment. The front door opened and I heard a couple of whispers. I shot out of my bed and out my door.
"Miss Noble, Mr Dracula, do you know what the time is?!" I asked my parents furiously. They grinned and pulled me for a family hug. I embraced them, I really missed them and I kissed them. "I was worried sick. Sleep is hiding from me" I said sadly.
"At least you did what you were told. Come here." Mum pulled me again for another long hug. "Your Aunt sorted everything out. It's useful when a member of family is on the High Council." she said beaming with glee. "You have school tomorrow, off you go, bed." She ordered. I couldn't be bothered to walk so I opened my arms wide for my Dad to carry me and lay me on my bed. He said he was getting old for this and did what I wanted him to.
"Thanks Daddy." I said as he tucked me in. He kissed my head and only then was I able to find sleep, my best friend. I wasn't in a deep sleep but I was sleeping. I could hear Mum and Dad talking about something in their bedroom, which was supposed to be soundproof but I thought I could hear them in my head, like a dream...
"She might want to claim her birthright..." Dad says.
"I don't think she's ready." Mum replies.
"I think she is, we could ask her. I want to pass the Dracula throne unto her, being leader of our family and being Grand High Vampire at the same time is stressful, you know." Dad says.
"I know, baby, I know." Mum says, maybe she's stroking his face. "She's not ready. Let's wait two more years ok?" She pleads with him.
"Alright, we'll wait. It just seems like Val is growing up so fast. She's stubborn and she has a boyfriend who we cant get rid of! And he only turns out to be my best mate's nephew!" Dad said. Mum laughs. Everything goes quiet after their chat, maybe they've finally settled down. Mum cant afford to be stressed because of Essie.
Party time! I put on my best mini dress, the one Dad thought was inappropriate but looked great on me. This party was for the announcements of Mum and Dad's engagement after years [17 to be precise!] and the new arrival of Esmé. I put my make up on, I had to learn to do it without a mirror, so I memorised what my face looked like. Sometimes Mum even helped and I would do hers too.
I shot out my room to see Mum standing greeting Auntie Ingrid in her long light brown leather frock. I always thought she looked smashing in that dress. It looked a bit stretched because she was pregnant, I'm surprised it fitted her perfectly apart from the tightness. Dad walked out of their bedroom, wearing his dark blue checked top and black skinny jeans with VANS, seriously Dad?!
"Hi Ingrid." Dad says and Ingrid shoots him a big grin and one to me before hugging her little brother. Behind her is my Uncle Wolfie who I adore so much. "Wolfie!" I scream hugging him tight. "I haven't seen you in ages." I say he strokes my hair softly. Kinda like the way Dad does because they are brothers and it distinguishes them. He's only 22 years old about 10 or 13 years younger than Dad.
When everyone arrives and the party is at full swing at 9 p.m; guests full of Vampires and Slayers and some breathers, ones who know we're Vampires, and Miss McCauley, my step-grandmother and Mum's parents, Nicki and Harry. Dad decides it's time for us to announce our news. Mum stands on one side of him and I stand on his other. "Thank you everybody for coming to our party tonight." Dad said, a few murmurs were heard. "We have brought you here to announce two special things. As you can see, Erin has seemed have 'gained weight'..." he continued, people chuckled at this. "Erin is actually pregnant. She's five months through." he held Mum's hand and kissed her, a few people whooped here and there. Granddad was happy and he saw the engagement ring. "We're also getting married after Esmé, which is the name of our new daughter, is born." everyone cheered and whooped and congratulated us.
"How do you feel about having a new sister?!" Jason asks me, I smiled and hug and kiss him.
"I feel sad because I wont have much attention now, but I feel awesome because I've always wanted a little sibling running around." I say, smiling my arms hooked on his neck, him holding my waist as we slow dance.
"Congratulations Mr and Mrs Dracula, sorry Mrs To-Be Dracula" Jason smiles at my parents, they nodded in thanks. "So, Val?" I look up at him. "Wanna go watch that movie after sunset?" Jason asks.
"I would love that. So around 6.30 p.m we'll go, tomorrow?" I say. He nods and kisses me. "I love you, Jase."
"I love you too." He smiles.
This chapter was longer because I wanted to twist it. I hope you enjoyed this chapter!