AN: Here's a little convo that PoisonPenandInk made...it was so great I had to share it with you.

Poison-"a pressie? for me?"
Satan-"No..for my son."
Poison- "Oh..yeah...favor the dead guy."
Satan- "He's more of a 'dead guy' than you'll ever be!"
Poison- "Well, duh, I'm a girl." -Snoopy jiggle-
Satan- "Drop down a give me twenty!"
Poison- "Left my purse in my other handbag." -shrug-
Satan- "You don't have another handbag...I burnt it." -sniff-
Poison- "YOU WHAT! You're invading my personal space bubble!"
Slyffindor Girl- "Yes! Piss off!"
Satan- holds up hands defensively- "Damn you females...so many shoes! Argh!" -Turns to dust
Poison and Slyffindor girl high five and snoopy jiggle-

thanks PoisonPenandInk!
Anyways, this chapter is dedicated to you.

I made up my own convo with you and I at the end of this page/chapter thingy...

Enjoy

Chapter 14: Mortals And Their Ways

Hermione shrugged off last night's discoveries. She figured that the devil brought them back.

"Great.."she sighed. "Now God and Satan have some grudge against me."

She wore a very clingy black pants and a black blouse. Her hair was tied back with a black ribbon. Hermione looked at herself in the mirror.

"Not bad.." she approved of her attire.

After eating her breakfast in peace, Hermione took the untitled book and headed to the library. She chose to work on her family legacy. Wandless Magic.

According to the book, the Dragomirs used it often, and their wandless powers were a force to be reckoned with. That made her glad. It could help fending off Dracula and his newly resurrected brides. Miss Dragomir had incredible photographic memory. She remembered from one of the books she read in the past, that all one had to do was concentrate on the object, or person, they wanted to cast a spell on. Then, they simply say the incantation. Hermione decided to try a simple spell first. She put her focus on the book.

"Wingardium Leviosa" she whispered. The book first struggled to levitate, but then gave in. It was floating in the direction that Hermione wished it to float. She smiled a bit, and then caught the book as it descended. Hermione stroked her chin with her hand. She had to think of some other test. She then thought of her Ipod video. It had all her music and movies on it.

"Accio." she chanted once. The response wasn't immediate. At first, Hermione was skeptical about using that spell. She waited. A few minutes later, An Ipod video came soaring in. Hermione made haste to catch it, and did. She turned it on and checked its contents. All of her songs were in there, and every movie, including Van Helsing, was also inside it.

"Oh my god! YES!" she squealed. She knew this wasn't the only ways she could use her magic. She just had to conceal it from Dracula and his brides, which would be a not so easy task.

(AN: That Night)

Hermione was sitting down on the floor against one of the bookshelves. Her Ipod headphones were in tact. She was bopping her head to the music. How she missed it. She didn't hear one of the vampires come in as she sang a part of a song.

"And I'd give up forever to touch you
'Cause I know that you feel me somehow
You're the closest to heaven that I'll ever be
And I don't want to go home right now"

Footsteps unaware to Hermione were coming closer.

"And all I can taste is this moment
And all I can breathe is your life
'Cause sooner or later it's over
I just don't want to miss you tonight"

The vampire stood over Hermione, and was wondering what the mortal was doing.

"And I don't want the world to see me
Cause I don't think that they'd understand"

The blonde haired vampire giggled as she tapped Hermione on the shoulder.

"When everything's made to be...AHHH!" Hermione freaked out and backed away. She lost track of time. "Cold! Cold!" Hshe brushed herself off.

"I didn't expect a reaction like that.." Marishka giggled again.

"Please try not to do that again!" Hermione demanded politely.

"Silly mortals doing silly things..."

"You thought I was acting strange then.."

"What were you doing?"

"Listening to my Ipod."

"A what?"

"An Ipod. It's a human device that entertains the user of the Ipod with music, music videos, and movies."

"And all those other things are mortal things?"

"Exactly. Us mortals, as you call us, know how to keep busy..so..what are you doing here?"

"My master wishes to have a word with you..."

"Tell him that I'm disinclined to acquiesce to his request."

Marishka had a puzzled look on her face. She obviously never heard such word.

"That means no." Hermione couldn't believe she channeled a bit of Captain Barbossa from Pirates of the Caribbean: Curse of the Black Pearl. A logical reason was that she watched it on her Ipod earlier.

"Not a wise decision to refuse the master wishes, pretty mortal."

"I have a name you know. And you still think I am pretty?"

"Yes, I do."

"Oh ok..well..my name is Hermione, and you and your sisters are very beautiful."

"Why thank you, Her-mi-o-knee" she tried to pronounce the girl's name. After, she rushed off to tell her master. Hermione waited till she heard Marishka leave.

Lucky for me, one of them is kind..Hermione thought. She gathered her things and went to her bedroom. She prayed not to run into Aleera. She wasn't exactly on the bride's good side at the moment. Hermione opened the door, and the Count was standing inside.

"You obviously don't know the meaning of the word, No." she raised her eyebrow.

"It's rather urgent.." he insisted. Hermione gave the Count a funny look.

"Oh really?" Hermione doubted it. "It's real urgent to try to seduce me like you have done before..."

"I have a way you can help your little mortal friends." he spoke, walking towards her. Hermione backed away.

"Don't move any closer! I'm not gonna forgive you that easily."

"I sent them the letter from the other day, but I want you to take care of one of the horcruxes..."

"Mmmmee? Destroy a horcrux?" she was taken back. "Wait..there's something you want out of this, isn't there..." she tried to think. He appeared beside her.

"I just want you to be happy." he put his arm around her. Hermione didn't react to this. The cold touch put chills down her body. She didn't say a word. "I also hope that you;ll forgive my barbaric actions. I didn't mean to scare you away from me."

"Ggggeget offfff of mmmee.." she shivered. His arm moved to around her waist. Hermione gasped. He pulled her in closer. "Let go!"

It only made him grab onto tighter. "You can't deny me for long, my precious Dragomir." he whispered seductively into her ear. Hermione was nearly seconds away from succumbing to his words. "There is only a week or two until you come of age. And then.." He paused.

"Please...let go..." she groaned. How her heart and mind were torn.

"One brief moment of pain, and we can be together forever.." he whispered again. He emphasized the word forever. Hermione struggled inside and out. He calmed her by planting several kisses on her neck.

"Go...away..." she moaned.

He gently scraped his teeth against her neck. Surprisingly, no blood trickled down. Hermione gasped for air.

"Do you accept?" he breathed. Hermione nodded.

"Very good." Dracula purred. "I missed you."

Hermione glared at him. "Oh please. You have three other brides who are waiting to throw themselves at you!"

The Count could hear their calls, and knew they would not stop until he arrived. He finally let go of Hermione. He kissed her hand, and more chills entered her body.

"They aren't like you, though."

He turned and left to tend to his brides.

Hermione was left standing alone.

AN: Please Read and Review. I hope you liked it.

Dracula:-appears in the chair next to computer- So now I'm all mushy around Hermione?

SlyfindorGrrl:-turns to him- Yes. Yes You are. How does it feel to be a puppet on MY STRING??? HUH?

Poison:-cheers-You go girl!

-Poison and SlyfindorGrrl do a victory dance-

SlyfindorGrrl: I've got the power! Shazam!

Dracula: Lovely, actually.

SlyfindorGrrl: What? You're a rotten liar!

Dracula: I mean every word, my dear.

SlyfindorGrrl: blushes Awww...thanks!

Poison: Oh jeez...here we go again...

SlyfindorGrrl: Better go shut the brides up, eh? -looks at Posion-

Poison: YESS!

Well.., we'll be off now to put some muzzles on the Brides.

Also, I made a video( not relating to the story..finally.. )featuring the Brides of Dracula

The Song is The Jetset Life is Gonna Kill You by My Chemical Romance

Link: youtube dot com/watch?vudR-4SJjX38

So, yeah...Chapter 15 up soon!