Young Dracula Season 5: Outtakes

I've started getting writer's block again because this episode isn't one of the best ones and episode 8 isn't either. So, I'm going to really struggle to come up with outtakes for these ones.

Even though I'm trying not to focus on Vlad too much, I have made this one about him and George because when I rewatched the episodes I couldn't come up with any other ideas.

But I'm almost halfway through these outtakes and it's only been 9 days since YD finished (from my perspective, it's probably been longer from yours) so I should get these done pretty fast – hopefully by the time I restart university in just under two weeks!

(Yeah, just so you know the gap between me writing this bit and you reading is rather big…)

(This bit is written today – 15/04/2014 - from your perspective)

Thank you for all the reviews! The closer I get to going back to uni – which is scarily soon… the less motivation I have to write. You all reviewing and seeing how many of you are reading this assures me that I should continue.

Also, I have been having internet problems recently so if any of my outtakes are late, that is why. It should be resolved when I get back to uni next week.

In regard to Ingrid and Malik – I've had a question on the subject, I would have PM'd about it but I think quite a few Ingrid/Malik shippers read this so I thought I'd better tell them generally – I have already written the episode 10 outtake, I wrote it quite a while ago – well about a week ago. So I should tell you all that it isn't a Malik and Ingrid one, sorry. I do kind of have another one written (I've almost finished writing these outtakes – as I'm writing this I have one of the final ones on the go) which is just after episode 10, but it's a sad one even for none Malik/Ingrid shippers like me.

I have always planned on expanding my outtakes beyond just these season ones, you'll understand what I mean when I get to the acknowledgements (yeah, that's a while off yet from your perspective but I have started writing them – I actually started them when I did season 4 outtakes) but rest assured despite my secrecy I will do a Malik/Ingrid outtake for episode 8 eventually – I will try and come up with one for episode 10 as well, it just won't be a part of these particular outtakes.

Sorry this A/N is so long but there was a lot to discuss before we got to the outtake, anyway enjoy!

I don't own Young Dracula.

Strategies – based during episode 6 of season 5

George could see her mother nodding off in a chair, neither her nor her brother tried to stop her from falling asleep. They both knew they were safe as long as Vlad was with them.

Vlad was setting up some sort of trap, it looked like a small cage without any bottom, which didn't make sense to George. But she decided to ask about the trap later, there was more pressing matters she wanted to ask her big brother about.

"Vlad," George twitched nervously. "Why don't you want to live with me and mum? Me and mum want you too."

Vlad looked over his shoulder at his younger sister, she looked so innocent and like she could get hurt easily. In fact she looked hurt by the fact Vlad hadn't left with them yet.

"I can't George, not yet anyway," He paused and snapped his fingers to set fire to the fireball part of the trap.

"Yes you can!" George insisted. "Mum has just as much a right to live with her as your father. Mum has been without you for almost eighteen years. Just give her a chance. Surely living here is worse than living with mum and me."

Vlad sighed looking down. "You don't understand George. I guess you are a little young to as well."

George shook her head stubbornly. "I'm may not be a grown up but I don't need protecting all the time. I know you and mum think I do, but I don't."

"That's my point," Vlad said. "You don't think there is any danger to you as long as I'm with you. The rest of my family are exactly the same. You've seen how they are George, they are overconfident. Especially now Ramanga is dust. Until the danger has passed, I'm not leaving. I'm sorry, but I can't leave them when they are in trouble. They are just as much my family as you and mum are."

George sighed. "But when the bat is gone. Will you come then?"

"If you still want me," He told her.

"Of course we will," George rolled her eyes. "You may be a vampire, but you're still my brother."

Vlad smiled at his younger sister. "Thanks, but I can't stay with you and mum forever. You know that don't you?"

George looked down and nodded sadly. "Everyone has to leave their parents eventually. I know I will when I move to South America, because Mum won't want to move over there with me."

"Kind of," Vlad agreed. "It's not about turning an adult or anything. I mean Ingrid still lives with us and she's twenty."

"I could tell she was a bit older than you, but I just thought…" George cocked her head to the side like she did when she was confused.

"What?"

"I thought she might be a hundred or so years older or something, it's hard to tell. I mean Malik is meant to be three hundred or something isn't he?" She asked.

"Apparently," Vlad admitted. "It is hard to tell a vampire's age from appearance alone, but the age gap between me and Ingrid is actually rather small."

"So, if it's not being an adult that means you'll leave, then what is?" George asked looking up to her older brother.

Vlad took a step back looking at his work on the cage. "I'm the Chosen One, George. I have responsibilities, and I cannot ignore them."

"If you're in charge then you should be able to do what you want," she muttered.

"I wish," Vlad turned and smiled at her. "If I don't fulfil my duties then the High Council will probably take over."

"That would be bad," George guessed.

"To put it mildly," He agreed. "The treaty would break down and the biting would start again. Then the slayers would come after us. It would be war, and then there would be death…"

Vlad shook his head at the thought and saw his sister looked slightly fearful. "I can't let that happen… I won't. You and mum would probably get caught in the crossfire because the slayers will notice how close I am to you. I have to take over when I'm eighteen. I don't have a choice. I do it or people – probably including me – will die."

George nodded. "Okay, but… I want you to stay in touch. You're my only brother, and I doubt I will have any more siblings now. I don't want to lose you."

Vlad held out his arms and she went over to hug him. "Nothing will happen to any of us. I promise," he murmured and she slowly let him go.

"We better wake mum up," Vlad told her. "But don't tell her she's been asleep long."

"She'll get angry," George agreed as she went over to her mother.

That wasn't too bad, but not the best outtake I have ever made.

Thank you for reading and please review!

C

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