I do not own Van Helsing. I only own Tiffani and Lexi.

Story Start

"So we made it to Budapest, now where is Dracula's big ball?" Lexi asked while making sure that the horses had water and some food.

"I do not know," Van Helsing said simply and Carl hid his face in his hands.

"Great, my friend is going to become either a snack or a new bride for the king of the undead if she has not already," Lexi said before scoping out their surroundings in the dark and surprisingly quiet city. Quiet was all she thought at first until she heard the faint sound of music in the distance.

"Are you ready to join the party?" she asked with a smirk as she led the way towards the source of the music.

"How are we going to sneak in there?" Carl asked as the group looked into a window of the beautiful building. The sound of laughter, clinking of glasses, and music blocked out the sound of the chilly night air.

"Disguise," Van Helsing said staring at Carl before his eyes focused on a man wearing a jester's outfit. He snuck through the shadows from the nearby buildings before he was able to knock the jester unconscious. Lexi turned her eyes so she would only focus on what was occurring in the ballroom. Her eyes widened when she saw Tiffani step onto the dance floor wearing a mask and a beautiful ball gown.

"She looks normal," Lexi thought with a small sigh of relief. Her hands clenched into fists when she saw Dracula step towards her friend. He gave a bow and held out his hand for Tiffani to take.

Tiffani's eyes were constantly looking around the room. She did not know what to stare at because of all the colors, performers, and dresses. She stopped walking once she reached the dance floor. She knew that Dracula would probably be somewhere on the dance floor waiting for her. She was not sure what she was going to do yet to get back at him for biting her, but she knew it would be interesting.

A movement outside a window almost caught her full attention, but the shush of the crowd made her stay in place. Dracula was approaching her with a charming smile on his face. He gave a bow when he stood before her. She gave a curtsy to appease the crowd of vampires around her. She knew they were vampires or they would not be at Dracula's ball.

Dracula held out one of his hands towards her while his eyes kept a mischievous twinkle in them. She stared at his hand for a moment and she could have sworn she saw another flicker of movement from the window in her peripheral vision. With a small sigh, she placed one of her hands in his outstretched hand.

"You look beautiful," Dracula said as he pulled her close to him for a dance.

"You look more alive, I guess my blood was nice," Tiffani said with a bite to her voice.

"Delicious," he replied and twirled her away from him before bringing her closer to his body.

"I did not appreciate being knocked unconscious and then used as a snack," she hissed and made sure to step on his shiny shoes. She knew it would not hurt his foot, but she could at least ruin his shoe.

"I could not resist," he replied with an innocent look as if he were a cute puppy.

"Of course you could have, it's called will power, or maybe you are just too weak," she said and it was her turn to smirk at the vampire king.

"I am not weak," he hissed after he brought his face closer to hers.

His eyes were narrowed, but he being so close made her heart jump. She cursed her own heart when he smirked at her. He brushed away some of her hair from her neck so he could see his bite mark. She felt a shiver course through her body when he ran a finger over each mark from his fangs.

"Don't even think about seconds," Tiffani said and backed away from him. His face was getting too close to her neck for her liking.

"You have so much fire in you," he said softly and a strange look entered his eyes, which Tiffani did not know if she liked or not. "So much fire, so interesting," she heard him whisper to himself and she quickly excused herself to get something from the refreshment table in the room.

"Carl, cheer up, I think you look awesome in the jester's outfit," Lexi said trying to encourage Carl, who was protesting about entering the ballroom full of vampires. They wanted him to run in there so he could get to Tiffani while Lexi and Van Helsing created a distraction.

"I'm going to die in this outfit," Carl whined as he fretted with the hat that matched the outfit. He was starting to sweat a bit about having to enter a room full of vampires and Dracula. "Why can't you two just create a distraction and I'm sure that Tiffani will run out of there as fast as she can," he said before Van Helsing shoved him into the ballroom. Van Helsing shut the door behind the panicked Carl.

"That wasn't the nicest way, but it worked," Lexi said with a raised eyebrow, which Van Helsing just smirked at her for saying.

"He'll be fine, now then, let's get up to the balcony over the ballroom," Van Helsing said and he grabbed one of Lexi's hands. She felt heat enter her cheeks and she gave an awkward cough not to let out any embarrassing sounds.

"I hope you know what you are doing," Lexi said remembering what Van Helsing told her his plan would be for the distraction. "He can do the daredevil thing as long as he gives me a gun," she thought. They raced to the balcony and Lexi's eyes immediately went to Tiffani, who unsurprisingly was at the snack table.

"She's surrounded by vampires and Dracula, but all she cares about is food, she's definitely still herself," Lexi thought with relief. She saw Carl trying to stand as close to Tiffani as he could, but Dracula was staring at him suspiciously. "Carl, be careful," she thought before she saw Van Helsing grab the acrobat on the trapeze.

"Carl's here, so Lexi and Van Helsing must be somewhere around here," Tiffani thought with a smirk. She would have hugged Carl or at least waved at him, but she knew Dracula was still watching her. Dracula was talking with some of the guests on the dance floor, but she could feel his suspicious stare on her back. She gave Carl a wink to let him know that she knew he was there. She saw Carl give a sigh of small worry before his eyes went up to the balcony. Tiffani looked up to the balcony, and she smirked when she saw Lexi and Van Helsing.

"Time to go," she thought when she saw Van Helsing swing down on the trapeze. She ran towards Carl, grabbed one of Carl's hands, and then they both ran to where Van Helsing was swinging down towards the floor. Tiffani and Carl felt their breath leave them when Van Helsing wrapped an arm around each of them. The trapeze wire swung them away from the floor and to the balcony.

Tiffani was immediately pulled into a hug as soon as her feet were firmly settled on the balcony. "I missed you too," Tiffani said happily to Lexi before an eerie silence filled the room. Lexi pulled Tiffani over to the balcony's edge so they could look down at the dance floor. Dracula was standing in the middle with a glare on his countenance.

"My dear, they will be killed if you do not return to me," Dracula called up to Tiffani, who stood closer to Lexi.

"Am I supposed to be afraid?" Lexi asked Tiffani, who just gave her friend a small laugh.

"Well I'm definitely not going to return to a guy that cannot even ask politely," Tiffani said with a wink before sticking her tongue out at Dracula. "Work on your manners," she yelled before blowing a kiss to the vampire king. "You look great, but your attitude needs work," she said before rushing away from the balcony.