Randy followed the vampires down to their deeper parts of the castle. After hours of constant work, fighting, and running from one end of the town to the next even Randy with the super human strength and stamina that the suit provided him, was tiered. Oskar, Gothetta and Sunshine were helping him carrying Howard, who was still passed out, Heidi that was still unconscious and Randy who was dragging himself in his tiered state. The teachers were walking in front holding the front. As they walked down through the castle Lady Kryptina was explaining things to both Ox Blood and Lenny what had happened at Broken Tooth Mountain.
"Just a few more steps and we'll get you to a comfortable bed." said Gothetta holding up Randy
"So you guys sleep in beds and not coffins? Another thing Bram Stoker was wrong about vampires." said Randy
"Oh no, we do sleep in coffins. I thought that it would be best if I called them beds." said Gothetta
"As long as there is a pillow and it's not on the fool I'll take it." replied Randy
They arrived at one of the rooms and proceeded to place Heidi in an empty coffin. The inside of the coffin was covered with red mattress and a comfortable red pillow with adorned golden braids on the corners.
"You sure this'll do?" asked Randy
"Do not worry young man. If it'll make you feel any better the lid will be left open." said Ox blood
"This is probably for the best, at night she'll most likely be awake. When she is we will hypnotize her and think of something to tell her." said Lady Kryptina
Gothetta looked Randy with sympathy. She held his hand trying to make him feel better, and with a defeated sigh Randy and the rest began towel back down to the stairs.
The group finally made it down to the student's room. The other little vampires were still awake waiting for their friends when they saw them coming down.
"Oskar, Gothetta, you're alright!" said Kloth.
"Wait, aren't those the guys from a week ago?" asked Ashely
"How did you get back in here?" asked Leechy
"Yeah, yeah that was us. I can get it from here Gothetta." replied Randy
"Alright, if you need help just ask." said Gothetta
Lenny went straight to get three extra coffins for the guests.
Oskar then preceded to tell his friends and classmates about what had happened. Then Oskar went ahead and introduced the rest of the school to the Norresville students and Sunshine.
"Guys, these are my friends and fellow students, Kloth, Ashely, and Leechy. Guys these are Sunshine, Randy and Howard is the one passed out on the floor." introduced Oskar
"Hi." said Kloth
"Hello there." said Ashely
"Salutations humans." said Leechy
"Nice to meet you." said Sunshine
"Hey there." said Randy
Howard just groaned in response.
The professors were talking between themselves and then decided to call it a day and went up to their own coffins. Shortly afterwards the other young vampires went to their coffins to sleep for the day.
Lenny arrived carrying three coffins with some small commodities like pillows and blankets.
"I hope that these will be enough for you three." said Lenny
"Thank you for your help Mr. Lenny." said Sunshine
Randy removed his mask to reveal his true face. He looked tiered with bags under his eyes and some residual sweat on his forehead.
"I sometimes feel like the mask is part of my face after wearing it for so long." said Randy rubbing his face.
Randy got up and with Oskar's help, they placed Howard onto his coffin for the night.
Oskar then helped Sunshine into her coffin, and trying to calm her about the fact she was going to sleep in a coffin.
"Its alright Sunshine. If it makes you feel better we sleep in coffins almost every day." said Oskar
"Ok Oskar, I'll see you in the night. Good day." said Sunshine giving Oskar a kiss in the cheek.
Oskar was red with embarrassment and then slowly made his way to his coffin for a pleasant night's sleep.
Randy walked up to his coffin and took off his hoodie to make a make-shift extra pillow. Then he noticed that there was a little red on the back of his hoodie. It turned out that the bullet that grazed his shoulder had drawn out some blood. Randy dropped his hoodie and then placed his hand on his right shoulder and he then looked at the small patch of blood that appeared.
Gothetta noticed it and walked up to Randy to inspect the wound.
"It looks like a small cut. Does it give you any discomfort or problems?" asked Gothetta with worry looking at his shoulder
"Naw, I'm good. Some people are not so lucky when they're shot." said Randy
Gothetta could not stay her gaze from the small patch of blood in Randy's hand. As a vampire she was predestined to drink it in eventually. Oddly enough, she had never been so tempted to drink it. She was patient and waited for graduation to drink human blood. However, when she saw Randy's blood infant of her she could not think of anything else. It was as if someone was holding a delicious pastry in front of her eyes, it allured her like a wild exotic fragrance clouding her senses. The remaining rational part of her mind told her to fight the impulse and think of something else. Suddenly her thoughts were disturbed by Randy's voice.
"Gothetta, are you hungry?" asked Randy
"What? NO, no, no. I mean, I did skip dinner but I'm not allowed to even think about-" began Gothetta with a streak of red crossing her face
"Its alright. You went through a lot tonight because of us. I wish I could repay you someway." said Randy
"Oh, um, that is not really necessary. You would've done the same either way." said Gothetta
"Hey, I know you can drink some of my blood." said Randy
Gothetta's face lit up like a red christmas light show. Some steam even began to escape through her ears. Even her lips quivered at the thought.
"I-I-I-I..." mumbled Gothetta
"I give you permission, just no teeth, ok?" said Randy as he pulled up his sleeve to expose the wound
Gothetta looked at Randy and then to the wound. The wound itself was nothing more than a small incision that was dripping some blood. She held on to Randy's shoulder and slowly placed her lips on the wound. She thought that if she treated it more as a kiss than as drinking blood the nerves would be lessen, but they were not. She then slowly began to sip at the blood. She felt the warm red liquid enter her body and fill her hunger. The worries and problems of the world seemed to vanish into thin air. After a full minute of drinking Randy's blood Gothetta let go, her cheeks were now flustered and red, her eyes were dopy and half closed. In other words, she looked a little drunk.
"Gothetta, you ok?" asked Randy letting go of his sleeve
Gothetta did not respond.
"Gothetta, Gothy?" asked Randy
"Who- Who is Gothy?" asked Gothetta slightly tipping over
"It's you. I hope you don't mind. But now it's time to sleep." said Randy helping Gothetta into her coffin.
"I like that little pet name. I need to think of one for you then. Night night." said Gothetta closing down her coffin
"Good night, little lady of the night. *yawn*" said Randy as he also went to his coffin/bed for a day of sleeping
In the real of dreams the imagination is allowed to explore many new views of life that are not possible.
Randy found himself walking down a seamlessly endless corridor. At both sides of the corridor there were closed red doors and the carpet was red with a crossed black pattern that gave it a gothic style to it. There was a slow jazz music filling the corridor.
Randy walked down the corridor following the music hoping to find its source. As he continued to walk he noticed that he hadn't moved from the spot that he had started from. He looked down to his feet and lift them up trying to cover some distance towards the end of the corridor.
When he looked up once more he was standing face to face with a red door. He gripped the black colored doorknob and used it to open the door. He saw a piano being illuminated by a single light that came from the top. The cover of the piano was risen so he couldn't see who was playing the piano.
Randy walked towards it but was stopped when he noticed that his usual clothes had been changed for a late 19th century formal men suit. He had a grey waist length coat, a secondary red coat with white lines, grey pants, black shoes, a white shirt, and a black tie with the Ninja's symbol on it.
Randy examined his new threads, but his attention was then shifted to a new arrival. In front of Randy stood Gothetta wearing a red dress from the same time period as him. Her red dress reached to the floor and was decorated in a simple fashion with a sown in puffy border giving it the look of a rose. The upper part of her dress reached up past her elbows and had a black pattern decoration in the shape of a bat, flowing towards her generous chest and back.
She walked towards him without making a noise and held out her hand. Randy grabbed it pulled her towards him. His left circled around her waist as did hers. They proceeded to dance following the rhythm of the music being played by an unknown pianist.
The two dancers could feel each other's heat as they moved through the dance floor. They turned and swirled to the rhythm. Randy then made Gothetta twirl once or twice showing that she wore no shoes. Once they returned to their proper positions they looked into each other's eyes.
"I wasn't expecting this when I went to sleep in a coffin." said Randy
"Neither was I, but I cannot complain. You are a very good dancer, and you really look handsome in that suit. I can't believe that my subconscious would go to such extremes to show me that these feelings are this strong." said Gothetta
"Wait. This is my dream." said Randy stopping the dance
"No, I am very sure that this is my dream. Otherwise I would not be wearing such a dress that showed so much of my chest." said Gothetta in a flirty manner
"I am certain that this is my dream." said Randy
"Oh really? Then tell me what I'm thinking." said Gothetta
"That my blood must've hit you hard if your dreaming this." guessed Randy randomly
That answer made Gothetta pale and stop. She looked around and then covered her chest up after giving Randy a light slap.
"Ow." said Randy
"Sorry, but I will only show this much skin to my future husband." said Gothetta
"Stop your lover's quarrel." said a third voice
The two turned and saw the pianist for the first time. She was a woman in her mid to late twenties, with long blond hair and crystal blue eyes. She wore a black dress with silver pattering on it. She turned to face them and then spoke again in her soft voice.
"Wake up you two, or else people might get the wrong idea." said the lady
Randy and Gothetta woke up and noticed something unusual...They were sharing a coffin. Gothetta almost screamed at seeing Randy. Mostly because she was using his chest as a pillow. They quickly got out of the coffin to find that the sun had just gone down.
"So we keep the dream to ourselves?" asked Randy
"Yes, I believe that it's for the best." responded Gothetta with a blush
"You were pretty cute in that dress." said Randy getting Gothetta more red of embarrassment.
With a breath of relief they started to wake the others up.