Hello again! Thanks everyone who read and reviewed the last chapter. Just out of curiosity, did anyone catch the Disney quote I used in the last chapter? You will find that I do have referances to a lot of other movies, usually Disney, it's so tempting sometimes that I just can't help it! So I hope you enjoy and don't forget to review! Seriously, review, like your life depends on it!

The next night, Verona woke up earlier than usual and headed to Rose's room. To no surprise, she found Aleera and Marishka already there. They had already opened the coffin's lid and were watching Rose sleep.

"How long have you two been here?" she asked once she walked into the room.

"Only a short time," Marishka replied without taking her eyes off of the sleeping girl. Verona simply rolled her eyes and crossed her arms. She knew that they had been there longer than that. She then walked up behind her sisters and watched as well.

Rose then let out a yawn and rubbed her eyes. Once she opened her eyes, she noticed how she was being watched.

"You three sure do love to watch me sleep, don't you?" She couldn't help but giggle a little. They all smiled back at her.

"We just wanted to be here when you woke up," Marishka said.

"Well, I'm up now, so what's next?"

None of them had thought of anything to do once she had woken up, after all, they still weren't sure of what she liked and disliked. Aleera was the first to come up with an idea.

"The three of us were going to go for a walk around the castle and were wondering if you would like to join us?"

"That sounds like fun, um…"

"What's wrong?"

"Oh it's nothing, lead the way." Truth be told, she still wasn't sure how she was related to each of them, but she figured that in time she would remember. Verona led the way while Marishka and Aleera were on either side of Rose.

As they started their tour, Dracula could tell there was something that was reverberating throughout the halls of castle, something that hadn't been there in quite some time, happiness. He left his study and found his brides and daughter walking through the hall that was close to the library.

"I see we have found a method of keeping ourselves occupied." His brides turned around, happy to see him, while Rose was still awestruck by the shear size of the castle, and they had barely scraped the surface. Rose then turned around and saw that she was face to face with Dracula. Even though he had a smile on his face, she still was scared of him. She wasn't sure why, but there was something oddly familiar about him that she couldn't place and that told her he was dangerous.

"What all have you shown her so far?"

"We were just about to show her the grand hall, after she looks at the library."

"There is more of the castle to see?" Rose had a look of amazement on her face. She had never expected that the castle would be that big. They all smiled at her.

Aleera let out a small giggle, "We are royalty after all. Why should we deny ourselves the pleasure of living in luxury?"

"Royalty?" This thought had never occurred to her. Why else would they have been able to wear such elegant clothes and be able to live in such a large home?

"Yes, just as you are." Verona was amused at how little she knew about them.

"You four go continue the tour. I have some important business to attend to." Dracula then left them and Rose started to grow curious about him.

Who is this man? If only I could remember. Thoughts like these were constantly going through Rose's head. She contemplated following him or if she should continue to follow the brides. She waited until they weren't looking and were consumed in their stories of each part of the castle. Rose quietly sneaked away, and the brides did not notice her missing.

As Rose started to retrace her footsteps to where she had seen Dracula depart, she heard noises coming from the far side of the castle. She looked behind her to make sure that no one was following her.

She came to a stairwell and heard that the noises were getting louder, but now she could make out the sounds of clanking chains and low growls. As she descended down the stairs, the noises continued to grow. Once she came to the bottom of the stairs, she came to a door that had gashes all over it. When she approached the door, she looked closely at the gashes and noticed that they were spaced out far enough to be claw marks.

Rose tried to open the door, but found that it was heavier than it looked. She then pushed against the door a little harder and it slowly swung open with a long creak. As she entered the room, the door slammed shut behind her. Rose spun around quickly, and saw that there was almost no light in the entire room except for a small window on the far wall that had the moonlight coming in.

She then noticed that the clanking had stopped, but there was still a very faint growl coming from the shadows. She peered closely into the dark and saw a pair of large yellow eyes staring back at her. Then she noticed another pair very close to where the other pair was. Once she saw the other pair, she took a step back, but at the same time, the owners of the eyes both sprang out at her, two werewolves. Rose let out a terrified scream that was heard throughout the whole castle.

Within the next few seconds, a loud swooping noise could be heard, and Rose saw a very large bat outside the window. She then looked back at the werewolves and noticed how they also were looking at the window as well. Rose turned her head quickly back as she heard a crash and saw that the large bat she had seen earlier was in fact not a bat, but some grotesque beast that had enormous wings. The new beast then released a loud and deafening roar, and the two werewolves retreated back to the dark corner where they had come from.

Rose, who was still traumatized by her earlier attack, looked up at the new creature that had entered the room. It then looked over at her, but it quickly turned into Dracula. He quickly walked over to her and looked over to see if any damage had been done. As soon as he released a sigh of relief from not seeing any harm, one of the werewolves bared its fangs at him and growled at him. Dracula then turned his head towards the wolf and let his fangs grow out and hissed at it. Both wolves then backed even farther into the shadows.

Then without any warning, Rose quickly wrapped her arms around Dracula and hugged him. He looked down at her. She had started to cry and her tears were soaking Dracula's shirt. He placed his arms around her and started stroking her hair.

"Hush, nothing will hurt you while I am here."

She continued to cry. Dracula was surprised to find that she was more scared of the wolves than of him.

"Come, let us go find the others. They must be worried about you." He then took her back up the stairs to the upper levels of the castle. Once they got up there, Dracula could hear his brides calling out for Rose. Marishka was the first to find them, soon followed by the others, who had all split up to try to find her.

Marishka took Rose in her arms in a tight embrace. The other two were both anxiously waiting their turns, but Marishka would not let go.

"Why did you leave?" Marishka said in a shaky voice. It was obvious that she had been terribly worried and that it caused her to cry.

"I'm sorry, I…I got lost."'

Verona replied back, "We were very worried about you. Don't ever make us that nervous again."

"Yes, please don't. There are many things that can be dangerous to you in these halls," Marishka said.

"She already found one of them tonight," Dracula said in a very calm tone. His brides' eyes became wide with fear and shock.

"What master?" Marishka had a look of fear across her face.

"The werewolves," he said as if it were a frivolous matter.

"Don't ever go near them again!" Aleera said. Like I actually planned on it Rose said to herself.

"There has been a lot of excitement tonight for you three. Why don't you go prepare Rose's room for her?"

They all then left and headed towards her room, leaving Rose with Dracula. He then looked down at her, with a small smile on his face. He was already starting to see traces of his brides in her. He could already tell that she was going to be loyal to the family, just like Aleera, and that she was like Marishka in the way that they both were very curious individuals. He decided to see how much she was like Verona.

"Let us continue your tour. I believe that you were on your way to see the library, am I correct?"

"Yes."

"Then let us continue."

The two of them started walking down the hall, back towards the library. Dracula looked down at Rose and saw how close she was walking towards him, as if she were still afraid that the werewolves were going to come out of the shadows and spring at her again. He then placed his hand on her shoulder and smiled down at her. Rose then looked up at him and smiled back. The two of them then arrived at the doors to the library.

"This is the library. You may come to it any time you wish. How about we go inside for look?"

"Oh yes, I would love to!" Rose said with excitement. Dracula then opened the doors and as soon as he did, candles flickered to life and lit the entire room. Rose gasped as she saw how large the room was, and was even more impressed with the amount of books that were there.

"This is the largest collection of books that I have ever seen in my life!"

He then smiled at her. He knew then that she was like Verona in the fact that she was very knowledgeable and always wanted to learn more, for he could tell be the way that there was a certain sparkle in her eyes as she stared at magnitude of books. She then ran into the room looking at all the shelves, running her fingers across the spines of the books. Her eyes then became wide, and she pulled out a book. Dracula walked over to her to see what she had obtained.

"You have Shakespeare?"

"Yes, I have heard it is very popular in other parts of Europe."

She then hugged the book to her chest and smiled. Dracula then read the title, Romeo and Juliet. Rose then turned back to Dracula.

"Where did you get it?"

"I had the servants obtain it for me after Verona asked for it."

"Who is that?"

"The tall one with dark hair."

"Oh." Rose then looked down at the book in her hands. Dracula could tell that she was itching to read it.

"Why don't you go take that back to your room? I am sure that the other three would love to hear it again."

Rose then grinned from ear to ear. Dracula smiled back at her and the two then walked back to Rose's room. Dracula noticed that Rose had a certain spring in her step that had not been there before.

When they got back to the room, Verona was looking out the window, Marishka was rummaging through a jewelry box, pulling out necklaces and bracelets with purple amethysts, and Aleera was lounging on the bed staring at the ceiling. Once they opened the door, the brides turned their attention towards them.

Rose walked into the room, sat next to Aleera, and opened the book. Aleera scooted closer and looked down at the book.

"That is one of my favorites," Aleera said.

"What is it?" Marishka asked.

"Romeo and Juliet," Rose said, but she didn't look at her for she was already reading it.

Aleera looked over Rose's shoulder and read the verse aloud, "Two households, both alike in dignity. In fair Verona, where we lay our scene. From ancient grudge break to new mutiny. Where civil blood makes civil hands unclean."

"I can read myself," Rose said with annoyance in her tone.

"She is like you Verona. You both are very intent upon doing things yourself and very stubborn," Aleera snidely remarked.

Verona shot a cold look at Aleera, and Marishka sniggered.

"I believe that the stubbornness comes from you, Aleera." Aleera rolled her eyes at Verona and continued reading along with Rose.

Dracula then cleared his throat and they all turned towards him. "My dears, why don't you take Rose and find her something to feed upon?"

"We shall, my lord," Verona said as she bowed her head at him. She then turned towards Rose. "Come along Rose."

"But I just started reading."

"You will have time to finish it later, trust me."

Aleera got up from the bed and took the book from Rose's hands and placed it on the night stand next to where she was sitting. "We know that you must be starved, so let's go feed." Aleera then gently pulled Rose off the bed and lead her to the railing that was just outside her window.

"Why did we come over here? Wouldn't it just be easier to walk out the door rather than try to climb down the wall?"

"Who said anything about walking or climbing?" Marishka asked, and right as she did she leapt over the railing. As soon as she did, Rose let out a small shriek, thinking that she was plummeting to her death. She ran to the edge of the railing and looked over, and when she did, a large grey figure swooped up in front of her. Rose took a few steps back, never taking her eyes off of what she had just seen.

The figure was flapping its wings and turned around and faced Rose. Its glowing gold eyes locked with Rose's. Her features became consumed by fear, and she ran back to Dracula and hid behind him. He looked down at her and noticed that her eyes had changed to a dark purple, which was somewhat close to Aleera's eyes when she changed them.

Aleera had smirk on her face, while Verona clapped her hands and the grey figure, which was Marishka, but Rose didn't know, silently landed on the edge of the railing and sat down.

"Oh come now, you shouldn't be scared of your family."

"What?" Rose turned her head towards the figure and watched as it changed back into Marishka. "How did you do that?"

Marishka giggled at her remark. "We all can do it, even you."

"So you're saying that I turn into….that thing?"

"It's just a part of who you are Rose," Verona said.

"I knew he was different," she said as she motioned towards Dracula, "but what exactly are 'we' then?"

"Well, what do you think we are?" Dracula asked.

"Obviously something that isn't normal."

"Yes, but do you know exactly?" Verona looked a little worried as Rose tried hard to think.

After a few minutes of pondering, she started to shake her head.

"We are vampires." Dracula said coolly.

Rose looked up at him, finding what he said as ridiculous. "What?" He didn't say anything, but kept a straight face. Rose then looked over at the others, none of them showed any signs that said anything different. She then went back inside and looked at herself in the mirror, but there was nothing there. She then picked up the book that she had earlier and held it in front of the mirror, but instead of seeing herself holding the book, she just saw a floating book.

She then put the book down and sat down on the edge of her bed, staring at the floor, her face still awestruck. Marishka sat down next to her and put her arms around Rose. Rose then laid her head on Marishka's shoulder, not saying a single word.

"Why does this trouble you?"

Rose didn't reply. She simply sat there with her head on Marishka's shoulder. Marishka then started stroking her hair, trying to comfort her. Aleera came to the edge of the room and looked over at Rose; she didn't want Rose to be unhappy. Dracula looked over at Verona, who had joined Aleera. He then walked over to Rose and kneeled down, so that he was at eye level with her. She looked at him and right as she did so, she locked eyes with him.

"The shock will come to pass my dear, but for now you must feed, otherwise you will grow weak fast." Rose then let out a small sigh and looked up at Marishka.

She then got up and looked over at Dracula. The brides then looked at their master and Rose to see what would happen next. "How will we get there…. Father?" It took Dracula a minute to answer, for he was still taking in the fact that he was just called father by his child.

"We will fly there." He then walked up to Rose and placed a hand on her shoulder, causing her to look up at him. He then smiled down at her and was relieved when she did the same. Rose then did something that none of them expected. She threw her arms around Dracula and started to hug him.

Dracula was not sure of how to respond, so he slowly put his arms around her to return the gesture. Marishka couldn't help but become teary eyed.

As Rose stepped away, she looked over at Verona and Aleera, "Alright, teach me what you must." Aleera looked over her shoulder at Verona with a wide grin on her face. She then turned back towards Rose, "Then let us begin," she said as her eyes turned their usual shade of pink and her fangs grew out.

Rose wasn't sure whether she was supposed to be nervous or not, but she maintained her composure. She looked up at Marishka, who had come and stood right behind her. Marishka smiled down at her, and Rose returned her gaze towards Aleera, who was in her demon form. Dracula then decided to leave, but before he did so, he looked over at Verona, who bowed her head to show that she knew what was expected of them.

After he had left the room, Aleera turned her attention back towards Rose. "Let us start off with simple things. Try to grow your fangs out." Verona then walked over to Rose. "The key is just to concentrate, and soon enough, it will just become habit."

Rose closed her eyes and as she did so, she started to feel a sort of tugging on her teeth. She then opened her eyes and put a finger to her mouth. She then felt that her teeth had elongated into a pair of two sharp fangs.

She then looked back at Verona, who had a smile on her face. "What do I do now?" Rose, still not used to the idea of having fangs, retracted them.

"Well, the fastest way to get to the village is to fly, but first you have to be able to do so," Verona said.

"Come on, let's have a go at this." Marishka then gently nudged Rose towards the window. Rose was hesitant at first, but Marishka soon was able to have her move towards the balcony.

Aleera was the first to fly over the ledge, shortly followed by Marishka, leaving Rose standing next to Verona. "Ready?" she asked as she turned towards Rose.

"Wait. Let me see you do it first. I don't need to plummet to my death."

Aleera let out a small fit of laughter. She still found it funny how Rose knew so little about them. Once she calmed herself down, she replied, "Do you honestly think that we will let you fall that far, and even if you did, you would only bruise, but it would heal within a few minutes." Rose still did not look convinced by her words.

Verona noticed this and said, "If it makes you feel any better, just try it right here, this way, you can't fall."

Rose then looked at all of them as they simply watched her. After a minute or two of them just staring at her, Rose crossed her arms and let out a sigh. "It's not like I actually know how to do this. Do you just expect me to magically imagine myself looking like that, and poof it happens?" but while Rose was saying this, she actually was changing. By the time she was done whining, she had completely changed into her demon form, although she did not know it.

Rose then saw that Verona had a small smile on her face. She then turned towards Marishka and Aleera and saw that they both were smiling as well. Rose started to become enraged that they were simply smiling at her and not saying a thing.

"I thought you three were supposed to teach me, not smile at me all night."

"Why do we need to waste precious time teaching you something that you already know?" was Aleera's reply. Rose was about to retort back with a snide remark, but saw something grey out of the corner of her eye. She looked down at herself and noticed that she looked just as Aleera did. She then looked back at the others, grinning from ear to ear.

"Ready now?"

"Yes."

Verona then changed into her demon form as well and flew over towards Aleera and Marishka. Rose then closed her eyes as tight as she could; only thinking about flying. She then opened her eyes to see that she was hovering above the ground. She then looked over towards the others. They were all pleased, but Verona more so than the rest. She then turned towards her sisters and said, "Well Aleera, it looks like she broke your record."

"It only took me one time as well."

"Yes, but you had to have a running start."

Aleera then crossed her arms and glared at Verona who let out a small laugh. She then turned her attention back towards Rose. "Let's head towards the village, but first I will find the Master, I am sure that he will not want to miss this." Verona then left Rose with Marishka and Aleera.

"We might as well start to go that way. After all, it will take us a little time," Marishka said to Aleera while motioning towards Rose. She then started flying away from the castle, followed by Rose and Aleera.

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