Grá, Dílseacht, Cairdeas Chapter 1, a hotel transylvania fanfic

Woooooow...I need to sleep, but it is not my friend. Lappy? I love you.

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It wasn't something that needed any form of discussion, this was going to happen whether they liked it or not. He couldn't help but run through plans over and over in his head and just keep thinking about how totally awesome this was going to be.

"Never?" Johnny gasped gaping at the menacing figures before him.

"No…." Dracula answered hesitantly. "Is that a problem?"

"Monsters….who haven't seen a creature feature? Are you kidding me?! It's totally movie time man!"

The group of monsters looked at each other with unsure expressions painted on their faces. They may have allowed Johnny to stay and live with them and even date Mavis but that didn't mean that they had gotten over their fear of humans. Dracula and Frankenstein especially so. Sitting down and watching a human's point of view of them didn't sound all too thrilling. Apparently a lot of monster movies had been made over the centuries and even more books written. They were sorely tempted to say no but the look on Johnny's face told all of them that no was not an option. That didn't stop them from trying though.

"Johnny, I have a hotel that I need to take care of. I have no time for these things." Came Dracula's response.

"Yeah, and I was going to try and take a nap, kids really were a nightmare last night. Gotta sleep while I can." Wayne put out.

Griffin's glasses stealthily started to disappear.

"Guys come on!" Mavis blurted out. "Honestly they're kinda funny."

"Hey, I showed you the best ones! They were kinda scary…..kinda…..okay now that I look at it they are funny." Johnny shuffled his feet and pouted a bit.

"You could use a little down time." She put on a grin and gave her father a pointed look.

He opened his own mouth to argue but at the look he received from Mavis, clamped it shut with an audible snap. That was the scariest look he had ever received from her. At a glance out of the corner of his eye he saw that Wayne, Frank, and Murray had all backed away a small distance and Griffin's glasses had completely disappeared. Traitors! He glared at them and they all faked innocence, he even heard Griffin whistling. Johnny laughed, they'd all get it from him later.

"Come on dudes we got that new T.V. and D.V.D player when this place got electricity. Let's go. This is awesome!" Johnny ran off like greased lightning, his excited yells fading down the hall.

Mavis giggled in response and walked after. They all knew where they were headed so every monster went at their own pace. Dracula himself fell behind a fair distance as he considered just running off to care for his hotel. He had a lot of guests and it was still fairly early into the monster vacation season rush. He didn't really like the idea of running out on his guests.

"Hey!" The harsh whisper was followed by a hand on his shoulder.

He let out a startled shout and turned around swinging his unsheathed talons through the air. They caught on black fabric, tearing easily through as the cloaked person leaped away. Purple eyes glared at him from beneath the hood and he let out a tense breath. Before he could speak she snarled in his face baring her sharp teeth and throwing the hood back.

"A human?!" Inmoon growled. "Why is there a human here? This is supposed to be a safe place Vladislav! Have you lost your mind?! Don't you remember anything that they did to us?! All the reasons we have to be afraid of them!" She snarled and growled but her voice never rose above a whisper.

Dracula no longer cared about secrecy like she may have, those last few questions were out of line. His full set of teeth grew pointed and sharp as his eyes turned pitch black with reddened irises. The back of his suit tore open with a loud rip and his cape flew off as his wings unfurled behind him, the three inch long clawed tips pointing threateningly down at her. He rose above her and snarled back into her face as he bared his mouth of long dagger like teeth, his jaw grew wider to accommodate. It all took form in less than a second.

"How dare you!" His own accent was worsened by the teeth and any S became a short spit filled hiss as a deep rumble sounded in his chest. "You think that I would simply forget what they," He spat the word out into her face. "have done to me!? They killed Martha! Mercilessly, and you know they would have killed Mavis if I hadn't done what I did. I hold no regrets about it either!"

He slammed the clawed tips of his wings into her shoulders, cracking the wall behind her, and Inmoon gave a cry of pain at the surprise attack. Dracula's wing membranes fanned out beside her as he leaned into the curtain he had constructed. She snarled back into his face and he hit her across the snout with a blow that echoed through the, thankfully, still empty hallway.

"You dare come into my home and say such things to me." His voice had grown dangerously quiet. "I have my reasons for whatever I do. I have given you no reason to doubt me in the past why do you doubt me now?" Through all of his physical fierceness tears streamed down his face. "Don't you ever speak of my dear Martha, my wife Inmoon, as if I have forgotten what happened to her that night. As if I have been able to erase her screams from my memory. I will never forget!"

His wings retracted and folded themselves into more comfortable but still open positions on his back and he stepped back from her. Her wounds healed almost instantly but her head was bowed and eyes downcast in what he knew to be a show of submission and remorse for her cruel words. His physical features did not change as he simply stared into space.

"I know what it feels like to lose love Inmoon." He said. "I will not put such a curse upon my own daughter. I want nothing but her happiness, and if her love lies with a human then I will not force her away from him."

He heard Inmoon's startled gasp behind him.

"He is a good man of this I do not doubt. If you harm him Inmoon…." He couldn't finish the threat but she knew it was not an empty one.

"I'm sorry Vlad. I….I didn't know that him a…and Mavis had…..zinged. It must be painful for you to smell that distinctly human smell in your sanctuary, your safe haven. It scared me, Vlad, smelling that here. I thought that a….hunter" Drac stiffened at the very word and a clicking rattle sounded in his chest, she laid a comforting hand to his shoulder and the sound disappeared. "had gotten in somehow. I traced the scent to the boy but he was talking with you. I knew then you had let him in but I did not yearn to know the reason why. I allowed my anger to control me and I am sorry. You have my word I will not hurt the boy."

His features softened back into the friendly face most saw and his wings molded themselves painfully to his back making them wholly unseen, it was a pain he had learned to live with constantly. He had begun hiding his wings in an effort to remain hidden from humans and so no other monsters had seen them, or his more fearsome form. He despised the limbs on his back just another reminder of what he was and why he had lost Martha. They were hideous things, he was hideous.

"His name is Johnny." His voice was soft and sad. "You could meet him if you want, he won't hurt you. He wouldn't hurt anyone….I think."

"You still have doubts?"

"He is human Inmoon. I will always have doubts. I will always be afraid of them, of him. I wish I could just run away and hide whenever I catch his scent. Sometimes I do, and no one can ever know. It would break Mavis's heart to know that and it would hurt Johnny deeply. He is a gentle soul, too gentle to live a monster's life but it is the one he has chosen."

He waved his hand and the tears in his suit were sealed and the cape resettled perfectly onto his back. With another wave of his hand Inmoon's own cloak was repaired and a silence settled firmly into place.

"So, movie night?" Her confused expression was so comical he laughed. "Not funny Vlad." She growled warningly.

"Heh, forgive me my friend. Sometimes I forget that you are more distanced than I am. A movie is a book where you watch the story instead of read it."

At her look of sheer wonder he doubled over laughing. She snarled and kicked him in the hip half heartedly. He stood up with a look of mock hurt on his face. She stuck her tongue out at him. He poked her on the nose. She flicked his ear and he would have retaliated but by that point in time neither one could hold back their laughter and fell into an embarrassing giggle fit.

"Why do I always have to come visit you huh?" She asked as she readjusted the necklace of long thin teeth around her neck, each one with several symbols and markings seemingly carved into it.

"Because until now I have had a daughter to look after and you are too much of a hermit to even meet her."

"Yeah, I guess that does present a small problem doesn't it?"

"Yes. Yes it did."

His use of the past tense didn't go unnoticed by Inmoon and her silver tail began to wag behind her. But before anything else could be said, he suddenly turned, grabbed her, and launched her into the rafters. Her claws dug deep to find purchase and she scrambled through the wood and stone support beams to find a proper perch.

Dracula carried on waking and less than a minute after he had thrown Inmoon into the rafters Johnny and Wayne came running around the corner behind them. He turned around and faked surprise at seeing them.

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More than a Few Minutes Ago:

Everyone sat and impatiently waited for Dracula, the group had noticed him lagging behind but they figured he wouldn't skip out on something his little Mavy-Wavy wanted him to do so badly. It was, after all, she who had come up and initiated the conversation that led to this impromptu monster movie marathon.

"I'm sure he just got hung up by the maids or the enchanted armor suits, both, or something else. We'll just go find him." Frank told her as he rose from his chair.

Everyone shuffled out of the room to look for, as Griffin put it, "that stupid workaholic control freak". Everyone was a little annoyed with him, but he really did need to learn a bit more about taking days off, or relaxing.

Johnny found himself wandering down the same path he had taken to get to their home theatre room when he heard what sounded like yelling echoing through the corridor. He slowed his pace a bit, he didn't want to wind up in the middle of two monsters having some kind of argument. He still continued walking down the hallway. He stopped altogether when he heard the slam of flesh to stone and the loud crack of rock. He heard a snarl and another powerful sounding blow followed it and then there was an eerie silence. He quickly found a suit of armor and told them to find Wayne or Frank, or somebody and then he ran back to see if maybe he could do something about the fight going on.

He ran back to where he had been and continued cautiously from there, he even took off his shoes just in case it was better he go unseen. He was pretty good at being sneaky he discovered, alright Mavis had totally given him ninja lessons but still! As he got closer he heard a voice filled with absolute rage, what's worse was that he recognized it. It was Dracula and he wisely chose to stay hidden around the corner at the end of the hallway. He grew still and listened to what was being said.

"Don't you ever speak of my dear Martha, my wife Inmoon, as if I have forgotten what happened to her that night. As if I have been able to erase her screams from my memory. I will never forget!" The only reason he heard Dracula's dangerously threatening voice was because of the echo the vast hallway created.

Johnny was certain he shouldn't move now. Who was Dracula talking to that had him so angry and dared to talk to him about Martha like that? Johnny felt his own blood boil at the thought of someone suggesting that Drac could ever forget his wife. He had seen the love the vampire still held for the deceased woman first-hand, and the pain he still felt.

Where was that suit of armor with somebody who could handle this? If the fight got out of control he couldn't do anything about it. He quickly returned his attention back to the conversation around the corner and found that the situation had cooled dramatically.

It sounded as if this person was Drac's friend but Johnny had never heard anyone mention the name Inmoon before. It sounded strange, even for a monster name. Now he was uber confused.

"He is a good man of this I do not doubt. If you harm him Inmoon…." Drac grew angry and threatening again but his voice choked as if he couldn't bring himself to finish such a threat.

This person was Drac's friend. He had heard him threaten more than a few monsters and Mavis had told him even more stories about her father's anger, when he was truly angry that is. Johnny could tell that this was one of those times to be very afraid of the Undead King.

"I'm sorry Vlad. I….I didn't know that him a…and Mavis had…..zinged. It must be painful for you to smell that distinctly human smell in your sanctuary, your safe haven. It scared me, Vlad, smelling that here. I thought that a….hunter had gotten in somehow. I traced the scent to the boy but he was talking with you. I knew then you had let him in but I did not yearn to know the reason why. I allowed my anger to control me and I am sorry. You have my word I will not hurt the boy." The voice held the same ancient accent that Dracula's did but the voice was strong, smooth, rich and very feminine.

"His name is Johnny." His voice was soft and sad and in turn it made Johnny sad. "You could meet him if you want, he won't hurt you. He wouldn't hurt anyone….I think."

Johnny's heart plummeted, think? What did Drac mean think? Of course he would never hurt anyone here. How could Drac think of him in such a way? Johnny found himself trying not to cry.

"You still have doubts?" Inmoon sounded very surprised, Johnny didn't even know why he was still listening.

At this point Johnny walked away as quietly as he could and back to his shoes. On the way he tried to process the information he had just overheard. It left him….well he wasn't sure how he was feeling.

Dracula was that afraid of him? He was afraid enough to run away at catching his scent, to hide? He remembered a few times they had been unable to find Dracula for periods of time but….could Dracula have been hiding from him those times? He understood that the vampire cared for him but that didn't take away the hurt.

He had already had a few "therapy" sessions, as he called them (more like confessions of outright fear) from pretty much every monster he had come across and he had been able to lay their fears about him to rest. With more than a few of these talks to Wayne, Frank, Griffin, Murray and their wives under his belt they had all told him that they felt much better about having him around.

Once he reached his shoes he slipped them on casually and kept walking.

But Dracula had never seemed afraid of him. With the others they all had little tells and sometimes he had just asked them outright. He had never felt the need to try and do the same with Dracula. The Vampire had never jumped at his out-of-the-blue shouting and had never turned to run when he was racing down a hallway toward him. Dracula had been nothing but kind to Johnny.

Now he felt guilty for not realizing that Dracula too was still very much afraid of him though, just like everyone else, he didn't want to be.

"Johnny!" Wayne's voice snapped him out of his thoughts. "Where's the fight?"

Oh yeah…he had sent a suit of armor to fetch the others. Well, since things had quieted down Dracula was sure to hear them coming.

"About time but the yelling and stuff stopped. It's this way though." So, Johnny took off at a run back down the hallway.

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"Hey yo Drac!" Wayne yelled. "Johnny here says he heard a fight after we went out looking for you. Sent a suit of armor to come get us and said the fight had gotten physical."

Dracula looked only slightly startled….at least to Johnny anyway.

"You okay Drac?"

"Nonsense Wayne I am fine. Now, what is this about a fight? I have not heard anything."

"Have you gone deaf Drac? If Johnny heard it-" Wayne stopped mid-sentence as his nose twitched and he leaned around the Count whose eyes had widened ever so slightly. "Drac, how could you not notice that?!" His clawed hand pointed behind Dracula and directly at a small crater in the wall, spider-webbed with deep cracks.

Now the Count's eyes were noticeably widened as he stared at the indentation he had made in the wall when he shoved Inmoon into it. Just a love-tap really and she knew it. If he had really been wanting to hurt her she would have been thrown clean through a couple of walls.

"And whose scent is that? I've never smelled this scent before."

Johnny had to do something for the poor Vampire, give him some time to think up a proper explanation. Fortunately, he was unintentionally providing a perfect out for himself.

"Dracula?" That time the Vampire was visibly startled by his voice. "Dude, you don't look so hot. All the color is coming back into your face. It's kinda worrying me man I think you need to lie down." It worked.

"Man, you're shaking like a leaf." Wayne's attention was drawn to Dracula and his sickly demeanor. "Have you drunken anything today?"

At Dracula's vacant look and stumbling over beginning a simple sentence Wayne let out a small growl and his shoulders sagged in annoyance.

"Again?" A pause. "Really? You know you make yourself sick when you don't eat and run all over the hotel doing your perfectionist thing, and eventually you start hallucinating. Not in the mood for that again buddy. Let's go!"

With that Wayne snagged the still stuttering Vampire by the back of his cape and began half dragging him back, ignoring the man's protests as he got tangled in the black fabric. It was kind of funny and Johnny would have outright laughed if he wasn't trying to think of a way to talk to Dracula about the whole 'afraid of him' thing. Maybe this time he ought to ask for help. Knowing Dracula he'd shrug off Johnny's concerns and tell him everything was fine.

"We found him." Wayne said as the three passed by a hallway where Mavis, Murray, Frank and Griffin all stood. Their eyes widened at the sight of Dracula, still tangled in his cape, being mercilessly towed behind the very annoyed looking werewolf.

"Hi." Johnny said as he followed Wayne. "Mavis I think you should go get your dad some blood. Been running on empty all day."

"Again?"

"Yup."

"Fut, căcănar, balcoane, curvă!" With a loud shout the Vampire Lord came to a dead halt with the cape still wrapped around his face and everyone openly stared at him. "I am not moving one more step until I can see!" His voice thundered through the hallway.

Wayne just dropped the cape, still staring.

"What'd he say?" Mavis asked confused. "I've never heard those words before."

"Honey…..obviously your dad didn't teach you everything in Romanian." Johnny whispered.

"But what'd he say?"

At this point in time the infamous Count Dracula had finally won the battle with his cape which was settled back into its place behind him.

"I'd rather not repeat it….."

It suddenly dawned on her that her father had been rattling off more than a few curse words and she stared at him for a bit before speaking.

"Alright, yeah….blood, you guys get him sitting down. You can start the movies, I've seen them." With that said she turned into a bat and flew away.

"…Nice going." Frank glared at him.

"Well, it's not like she knew what they meant and she isn't the type of person to just repeat something if she doesn't know what it means. Besides, you should not have been yanking my cape over my face!" He jabbed a long talon in Wayne's face.

"Let's just get back you drama addicted idiots." Griffin's voice flew into the fray and everyone quickly agreed.

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The laughter in the room was almost deafening.

"Oh my god this is TOO hilarious!"

"Oh his freaking FACE came apart!"

"Why doesn't YOUR face come apart Frank?"

"NOT FUNNY!"

"YES IT IS!"

"Dawwwww dude they knocked you out."

"You know that's not really me right?"

"Shhhhhhhh!"

"Really?"

A Few More Minutes Into the Movie:

"BOOOOOOOO! NO ONE LOVES YOU VAN HELSING!"

On With the Movie:

"Oh this scene is kinda cool."

"Shhhh!"

"I'm just saying the lines here are awesome!"

"Shut your face man!"

(mumble mumble)

"Really Drac?! Fine say what you want to say."

"…..I've done that."

"….."

"…."

"Really?

"Pretty much word for word."

"Dance to the beat of their-"

"I said yes."

"That is funny."

"Awesome scene now made hilarious! Thank you Drac!"

Can You Guess The Movie:

"That werewolf is pretty mangy looking."

"Hrrmph."

"What's wrong with you?"

"The movie screen is OVER THERE!"

"Tell me Wayne…..at the stroke of midnight does Dracula control you?"

"Wayne…..look deep into my eyes."

"SO not funny."

I'm Sure the Readers Know What Movie This is Now:

"Oh my god ALL OF THEM are vampires!"

"Awesome!"

"Whoo-hoo!"

"Dawwww man Drac why'd you have to let yourself get set on fire?!"

"Oh man look look look he is slaughtering that fire breather in the background."

And a little more.

"Wayne…..why are you looking at me like that?"

"DO you have a cure?"

"OF COURSE NOT STOP LOOKING AT ME LIKE I'M GOING TO EAT YOUR FACE!"

"…."

"STOP LOOKING AT ME LIKE THAT!"

"….."

"NOT YOU GUYS TOO! STOP IT!"

Last Bit:

"Drac…he killed you."

"…"

"I mean he freaking tore out your throat…..killed you."

"That fight was epic though."

"But, Van Helsing Killed Dracula. That's a suckish ending."

"Man did you see yourself get dusted?"

"…"

"It wasn't even a quick PAF! I mean it was a slow dissolve…"

"…."

"Your flesh just kinda….creeped away."

"BOO!"

"AUGH!"

"Not funny Johnny. Dad! It was just Johnny unstick yourself from the ceiling. Frank Johnny that was mean!"

"But it was funny wasn't it?!"

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Geeze! LONG chapter! Well longer chapters equals less stupid timewasting chapters so I'm happy...dunno about you guys. I'll try and get into the plot here in a bit. Hope you enjoyed that last bit. Ever since Hotel T I have not been able to look at that movie the same way. Can NOT watch it with a straight face. Thought you needed some humor to make the drama not so...well grating. Review please and if you want to know what Dracula was screaming you can look it up. BYE!