First chapter to my new story. This was made from my cousin and my sleepless nights. Hope you enjoy.

Ring

Ring

Oh god, one more ring and I was gonna kill that stupid phone. I moved my pink hair out of my face and looked out the window to see that it was still raining. It always rains in New York.

I looked at the phone and sighed, it rang again and without thinking I answered. Ino was talking on the line, "hello?"

"Hey!" I heard a sharp gasp from the other line, "Well finally, you answered! I thought I was trying to call a dead guy." I suppressed a snicker. "Yea and the dead guy is going to come over and eat your brains for disturbing her sleep!" She laughed.

"Hey, my boyfriend and I are going to that new exhibit about those pieces of the Titanic they discovered! Wanna come?" I quickly looked over to my Calendar to see I was free for the day. "Uh, sure, I'll see you in an hour."

I heard a shrieking yes from the phone. I quickly hanged up and got out of bed to dress. I stepped into my shower and washed my hair. I stepped out after a couple of minutes in the wash and I went over to my mirror and defogged it. I heard a squeak behind me and I quickly looked across my shoulder, checking for and vermin or a pervy man. I saw nothing.

"Stupid house, making creepy noises." I thought about that crate up in the attic and immediately shook my head. No way did my "adventurous" parents bring the curse of Dracula to New York from Romania. I looked back at the stairs to the attic, thinking about that crate. I shuddered again and stepped back to the mirror.

I went to defog the mirror and shrieked my head off. I saw a pale young man in the reflection. His black hair looked mangled, yet stylish. He had dark circles under his eyes, like he needed a lot of sleep. As I looked at him, he started to give me a devilish smile.

This brought me back to freaking reality. I looked behind me and saw no one. I turned my gaze to the mirror again and saw nothing. I looked around the whole mirror's reflection and I caught my breath. The attic door was open.

I screamed. "Oh My God! It is Dracula's Curse!" I quickly pulled my clothes on, not caring about my hair and still pulling on my boots, I slipped out the door.

I swore, I saw the man laughing from my attic window. I got into my Mustang and headed for the Museum. It was when I was driving that I realized he must have been in there while I was sleeping. I quickly checked my neck, letting go of the wheel. I held my neck for almost a minute until I realized I was going to run over an old granny. I slapped myself and continued towards the museum.

I finally made it to the museum. I saw Ino and Shikamaru waiting for me. Ino, a pretty blonde, went to hug me, but saw my scared face. "Oh no! Did you your parents DIE!?" I stared at her face. "What was it? A Disease? A Accident? A Train? Uh, uh, oh! Did they run into a tree?"

I was about to kill her whileShikamaru laughed behind me. She turned away from me "That poor little tree." She cried out. "What did you do to deserve us evil humans to run into you and cover you in our blood?"

"Geez! That's not it! This weird pervert was in my house, that's all you freaking annoying Tree Hugger!" Still, she didn't shut up. She continued her little pity party for the trees while on her knees. However, Shikamaru was looking at me. His shaggy brown hair slightly brushed against his face, his eyes full of concern. I looked back at him, and then I went over to Ino. "Get up you dummy, lets' go check out those rusty hunks of metal."

After about thirty minutes in line, we finally got in. We past the Restaurant and headed towards the exhibit. Ino's nose twitched. "Oh no, it couldn't be." I looked at her with a confused look, "That restaurant has SUSHI!" Shikamaru hit her against the head. She lurched forward, and then continued her happy walk while repeatedly calling out Sushi. I shook my head and we followed her.

The pieces of the ship rested in a large courtyard. The half of the bow was located at the far end of the wide space.

We walked over to it but stopped half way. There, connected to the wall, was the grand staircase. The clock was placed right over it. We walked up to it and looked at the carved angels on the banister. I leaned over to touch it, and suddenly felt eyes watching me.

Oh no. I looked behind me and saw no one. I heard in my head, a song about angels singing. I quickly straightened up and looked around again. I was going to land in an asylum, I know it!

I went over to Shikamaru. "I have to get out of here, now!" I saw him understand. He quickly grabbed Ino and we walked out of the room. We passed the restaurant. "No! Sushi!" Ino screamed. I stared at her, how did Shikamaru put up with this? "Fine, I can do that." I said. We walked into the restaurant, and to me, into a living chamber of horror filled with fish, dead fish, fish painted walls, the smell of fish, and tables decorated with fish!

"Sushi! Wasabi!" I heard Ino shout. I was going to kill her. She sat down and started to order. Half way through our meal, she looked up "So, who's paying?" I looked down at her sushi, which added up to over a hundred dollars.

"Heck no." I said with a serious face.

"I'll pay, again" Shikamaru sighed. "Oh, Ino, get a job!" he added.

"Thank you Shikamaru! You saved my grocery money from Ino's bottomless stomach!" I said while giving him a light hug. He laughed.