Okay. I'm feeling close to a seizure today so therefore I have banished myself to the bedroom. Have a new baby in the house, little Hannah. NOT MINE….thank God I am NOT parent material. It's pretty busy in the house now so I haven't had much time to work on my writing.

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Frank's POV

My head was spinning with all of this information and I found myself simultaneously trying not to cry, throw something, and throw up. Above everything else I was mad. I was angrier now than I had ever been and it was all directed at Dracula. All of this…horrible stuff and Dracula had outright lied to me about his past. He was far older than he led me to believe and I just couldn't take all of the LIES.

"I can't listen to any more of this." I growled as I stood and made for the door.

"Where do you think you're going Frank?" I glared down at Wayne as he jumped in front of me.

"I'm leaving."

"No, you're not. We need to listen to this. He gave Mavis this book for a reason. I know you're upset-"

"Upset!?" I bellowed. "Oh, I'm beyond upset. I'm livid!"

"Don't lose your head Uncle Frank." Mavis told me as she set the book aside on her bed.

I grumbled a bit as I reached up to tighten the bolts around my neck.

"He lied to me, he lied to all of us!" I yelled. "I don't understand any of you. I grew up with the guy after that angry mob and I've never heard of any of this."

"Look." Griffin piped up. "I know you're angry Frank. We all are and Drac's going to have a lot of explaining to do when we see him again but we have to listen to this."

"I can't listen to any more Griffin!" I yelled back and threw my fist through the wall.

"Will you shut up!" Griffin screamed and punched me across the face. "You need to stop this. Stop being so self-centered and save the anger for Dracula!"

I looked around at everyone in the room after pulling my fist back out of the rubble that was left of the wall. Griffin was right as he usually was. For all of his social awkwardness he knew people far better than he thought he did.

"Fine." I whispered and it sounded broken even to my ears.

I sat down on the floor and forced myself to listen to what Mavis was reading. My wife sat down next to me and wrapped her arms around me and I welcomed the comfort as I thought back to my own history with Dracula.

"Oh geeze did you see the look on that guy's other head!?" Dracula shouted through his laughter.

"How do you think up things like that?" Frank was in awe of this young vampire but couldn't hold back his laughter. "Where'd you get the cow?"

"We're in the Romanian countryside Frank. The cow was easy."

"We're in soooo much trouble."

"I'm Count Dracula, I think we'll be fine."

"We'd better stay far away from his estate from now on. This is almost as bad as that time you managed to get into bed with that Warlock's wife!"

"Wives." Dracula elaborated with a wicked grin.

The two of them couldn't stop laughing for a good while.

We had gotten into a lot of trouble back then. Neither of us had anybody growing up, no relatives, no friends just each other. At least, so I had thought. He had looked so young though. He hadn't looked a day over one-hundred and fifteen, when I had met up with him. He was pretty wild back then, before he met Martha. Even after Martha he still kept that. It was her death and the circumstances surrounding it that changed him so much.

Mavis started reading again and I braced myself.

It's only been a few days since my last entry, I am still twenty-five and magic has come easily to me, far easier than I originally thought it would. Inmoon has taken to it as well though she seems to be struggling more than I am.

I can't say exactly where we are as we have been traveling nonstop ever since mother's death. We're by the ocean and it's quite lovely. I'm recovering from wounds sustained after I pushed Inmoon into the sea. Needless to say she was very angry. It was during our fight that we met a woman. She was alone, like us and made a meager living as a fisherman. Her name is Lorelay and she has welcomed us into her home. I've discovered that Inmoon has quite the talent for fishing.

Lorelay has taken to magic as well and wants to continue traveling with us. Neither I nor Inmoon are opposed to this.

Vladislav Dracula

It has been roughly a month since my last entry and I'm getting a little freaked out. Lorelay, Inmoon and I have managed to acquire another companion. Her name is Isobel and she is the smallest woman I have ever seen. She's also tone deaf, VERY tone deaf but none of us have the heart to tell her. She lost her family recently to a landslide and she always loved her mother's singing. It's all she has to hold onto right now.

I'm feeling very outnumbered now.

Vladislav Dracula

It's been another month and the four of us have run into trouble. This time it wasn't due to Inmoon's curiosity either. We are being hunted again and Lorelay is injured terribly. I did my best to defend her. We were alone when we were attacked and she was nearly beaten to death. I'm not faring too well myself but I can walk. I have a deep gash in my back that Inmoon and Isobel are doing their best to treat. The pain is intense but I've felt worse at the hands of my father.

Vladislav Dracula

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They were up by sundown and moving as fast as they could across the countryside. Dracula knew they needed to feed but was hesitant to do so again. The moment he saw the look on Inmoon's face he knew he had no choice in the matter. All three of them split off into separate hunting territories and scoured the lands for their prey. Dracula apologized repeatedly in his head as he flew through the night sky.

He swooped down on a lone camper in the country and covered her mouth as they returned to the sky.

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Dracula's POV

We established the mental link with Isobel and continued on our way once we had eaten our fill and I now had a companion in flight. She used no wings and used the winds to lift and propel her through the sky. She liked to use strong gusts of air to spin me off course and I had to deal with a few small monsoons during our nonstop journey to Ireland.

We traveled as far as we could on land and we reached the sea within the night. When we did I simply swooped down and gathered a very irate Inmoon in my arms and flew over the sea. I smiled as I listened to her curse and snarl at being carried and had to hold back a small chuckled. What was she supposed to do, swim? The thought of Inmoon trying to swim from Scotland to Ireland actually did draw a laugh from me and I got a good glare for it.

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We've crossed a desert and I've never seen lands such as these. We had to get as far away from my homeland as possible because of all of the people seeking our deaths. It's been rough but I have the company of the girls and that helps. I still feel strange surrounded by women. I shouldn't be this paranoid but I am. I am healed as well as Lorelay. These are strange lands and I have never seen cats so big. They frighten me and I often wonder if they will be my end.

Vladislav Dracula

It has been two months since my last entry and we have acquired another companion. A MALE companion. THANK YOU! His name is Zeyphx and his skin is black. I've never seen someone with skin that color but apparently he's never seen anyone with white skin. I guess we're even.

Zeyphx has chosen to accompany us. He lost his family to a bushfire and wants nothing more than to leave this place behind. His parents, siblings, and his new wife are now dead.

Vladislav Dracula

Another Sorry Night has come and gone. The Vours are something everyone knows about but Zeyphx, Lorelay and Isobel were more than happy to hear the knowledge Inmoon and I had gained over the years and they were shocked to learn that I had released Inmoon from the hold of one. Nothing new to report this year but everyone is still focused on learning as much as possible.

Vladislav Dracula

It has been three years and I am now twenty-eight and the only thing that's been worth writing down is…..wait for it…..we crossed the sea. Do you understand? WE HAVE CROSSED THE OCEAN! Not many people survive the journey and very few people even decide to try. Most people are convinced that the only thing over here is water filled with monsters and certain death. The only monsters that exist are the Vours. Anyway….WE CROSSED THE OCEAN!

Vladislav Dracula

It's been three days since my last entry and these lands are strange. We are celebrated for our magic here. Another man has joined us with permission from his tribe's chief and his name is Viore and he has dark skin as well but not as dark as Zeyphx. He has a talent for magic as well and we have begun crafting a spell together to ensure the end of the Vours. I can already feel that this spell will cost us a lot, more than I can imagine.

Vladislav Dracula

"I'm still weirded out by the fact that Dracula was once human." Johnny stuttered. "I thought he was always a Vampire."

"Another thing he lied about." Frank muttered angrily.

"Don't start again Frank." Eunice told him.

We have spent seven years working on our spell and piecing things together. We need a representation of the six elements, earth, water, air, fire, spirit and shadow. Each of us reflects those elements very well. Isobel is air, Lorelay is water, Inmoon is Spirit, Zeyphx is earth, Viore is fire, and I am Shadow. We meditated for days on this before we found our elements. We have learned that the Vours dwell in a world separate from ours. A world that is dark and cold. Our spell will bind them there but it will take great sacrifice and the Vours have already proven to us that they are not going without a fight. It has been a terrifying several years and I have seen everyone's dreamscape.

Vladislav Dracula

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It took the rest of the day for the trio to cross the ocean and when they reached the shores of Ireland they decided to make camp and rest. The flight was tiring for everyone in the party and sleep came upon them quickly at sunrise. They found a cave by the sea in which to rest their weary bones in preparation for the journey but sleep was anything but peaceful for Dracula. Nightmares plagued him.

He looked up at the Hotel and saw the fires raging within and he found himself paralyzed with fear. He looked at the remains of his staff with horror. Crumbled stone was all that was left of the gargoyles, the suits of armor lay in fragments, unmoving and white hot, on a huge bonfire and the shrunken heads lay in piles and were little more than ash. The witches were tied to stakes in the front of the courtyard burning on the pyres they were lashed to. Their bodies were twisted in agony and their faces reflected that pain.

He took a deep breath and walked through the front doors into the darkness of the hotel. His eyes reflected the dim light within as he looked through the shadows to see the ruins around him. He heard movement and turned to dodge a body that leaped at him. The figure turned and he stopped and stared. Wayne snarled, foam dripping from his maw as he leaped on Dracula who was frozen in shock. The Vampire screamed in pain as Wayne's teeth sunk into his shoulder and he wrenched himself from his friend's jaws.

"Wayne stop!" He pleaded as he dodged a swipe of Wayne's sharp claws. "Wayne please! I don't want to hurt you! Wayne listen to me! I know you're there!"

He raised his arms in defense of Wayne's claws and cried out as his friend mercilessly slashed his arms. He smelled his own blood and felt the coldness of Wayne's paws.

"Wayne PLEASE!" He screamed as he tackled the feral werewolf to the ground and pinned him on his stomach.

Wayne was nimble though and wriggled his way out of Dracula's grasp before lunging forward to bite at his face. Dracula felt Wayne's teeth dig into his palms as he held the werewolf's jaws open in front of his face. His breath smelled of blood and rot. He screamed at it all as he tore Wayne's jaw from his head and held the limp form of his friend whom he considered a brother. He screamed and cried, apologizing repeatedly to Wayne before he felt the chill freezing his bones.

"Awwww, poor little Vladdie." No, no, please anything but that. "Interesting how such nice people tend to die around you.

He turned to see Mavis grinning maliciously at him and baring her fangs. Her eyes were her own but dark and cold.

"No." He whispered in horror.

"Oh yes." She laughed. "Did you really think it would end with your little fucking spell? Oh no. You're going to pay, not with your life but with the lives of all you love. I think I'm going to like this body. Very nice don't you think?" She turned to display her body to him. "I'm going to have a lot of fun designing her dreamscape."

Mavis launched herself at him with a scream that dug white hot tendrils into his skull and he writhed on the ground in agony and despair as his own daughter flayed him alive and tore him limb from limb before devouring his cold heart.

He awoke to the cold and dark of the cave and screamed until his throat bled. Isobel and Inmoon tried to calm him and give him comfort but their touch was like the touches in his dreams and he only screamed louder and fought them away. They could do nothing as he screamed blood past his lips and cried until nightfall. He was silent after everything and only moved outside and took to the skies to continue the search for Lorelay. He ignored Inmoon's calls to him and winced as her saddened howl ripped through the cold night air.

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It's been two more years and we have perfected our spell. We perform it tonight at the height of the moon's cycle and the night of the summer solstice. It is when the Vours are at their weakest. I knew that sacrifices were to be made and the sacrifices are to be us. We will not live through this night. The spell will kill us.

Vladislav Dracula

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Wow that got intense. There's a reason it's rated M people! If this is getting to be too much then feel free to stop. I'm having a lot of fun writing this and I hope you guys are having a lot of fun reading this. It's 3:40 in the morning, I am now the very proud owner of Hotel T and my cousins LOVE it! Next chapter you guys get to meet Lorelay and hear more backstory! Until then…..SNOOOOOOORE!