Young Dracula Season 5: Outtakes

I've named this outtake after something Malik and Ingrid said, but also a song I have been listening too (see acknowledgements – when I release them, for details).

In a way this is a Malik/Ingrid outtake, even though by this point Malik is dust. I just wanted to get into Ingrid's head and show why she reacted the way she did.

I've planned out all my outtakes now, which is good… but in the past two days I have only written one outtake, and only just got to this one when I usually write three a day - it doesn't help that my parents have started getting me to do stuff around the house because they have noticed my tendency to lock myself in my room (so I can write in peace, I can't write with others around because I feel paranoid that people are reading over my shoulder). Still, I hope to have this finished before I start uni, and then when I am there I can write lots!

I don't own Young Dracula

Dust to Dust – based between episodes 10 and 11 of season 5

Ingrid felt kind of useless and that was saying something. The last time she felt like this was after Vlad – well, his evil reflections - had thrown her into the sunlight.

Okay, that was an exaggeration, Ingrid didn't feel that bad… she felt almost like she did when Will died.

Ingrid cringed at the thought of her ex-boyfriend. She never mentioned him, and her family hadn't ever mentioned him either. It was like they expected to go mad again if they even brought him up…

Was this what it was going to be like with Malik? Were the whole family going to forget him, make out he never existed to ensure that none of them got angry about it.

No, Vlad was right. They all thought he was a Dracula, and though he wasn't he still deserved some respect despite the fact he betrayed them twice.

Ingrid thought about when they first met, even then there was some weird thing going on. They easily got along and teased each other. At first Ingrid thought she might be falling for him, just like she did Will – unknowingly, while finding his capability to irritate her rather attractive. Then she found out he was her 'brother' and thought that might be the reason she got along with him, but even then it didn't make sense. After all Ingrid had never fully got along with Vlad… Then when she found out Vlad was half breather she assumed that was why they had never got along. Then Malik couldn't enter the Blood Mirror and found out he was not a Dracula.

It confused the living bats out of her, it just didn't make sense… one minute Malik was a Dracula and then he wasn't. Of course in this case you couldn't argue with science, but still…

Ingrid fiercely shook her head, she had locked herself in her room since she had thrown Malik's ashes into the fire. Again, another reminder of Will. Will's ashes had been burnt with the rest of Stokely castle after Ingrid fled from the slayers. She had done the same with Malik's ashes, she couldn't figure out why but part of her thought it was best to do it to make sure that Malik never came back.

Ingrid looked at her blank computer screen, she had never expected Malik to die… or betray her. Instead of working with her to overthrow the Dracula's he turned to the Ramanga's instead.

Ingrid laughed almost manically to herself. Malik really was a fool, if he had been smart then he would have helped her destroy Vlad and her father, and then bring down the Ramangas on her. Being on her own would have made her vulnerable and the destruction of the clan would seem hilarious to the vampire community. The Dracula's destroyed by a girl and then her destroyed by the Ramangas having being tricked herself.

Instead he turned to the Ramangas and allowed all the Draculas to work together, plus Talitha and Renfield. Allowing them all to 'work as a team' as Vlad would put it, was their fatal mistake that made their plan fail.

It was one of the reasons Ingrid didn't work alone anymore, she knew if she did then it would be easier for her plans to fail. Having someone else on side made things easier.

Ingrid began to hear the quiet hum of her computer booting up, she didn't remember turning it on but she was so deep in thought that she wasn't even paying attention to what her body was doing.

"Ingrid?!" Piers voice as usual brought about a bubble of angry in her, but also made her wake up from her almost trance like state.

"Yes, what?!" She snapped.

"Woo, easy sweet fangs, no need to be like that," he said calmly.

"Sweet fangs?" she repeated, disgusted. "Seriously?"

Piers shrugged. "You're my sweetheart with fangs."

"Uh," Ingrid complained leaning back on her chair. "That is lame."

Piers didn't pay attention to her comment. "Are you okay Ingrid? You seem a little…"

"Angry?" Ingrid suggested. "Because of your terrible nicknames."

Piers shook his head. "It's more than that… it's like it's not me for a change. Like something else is bothering you. What happened? Did the games night go worse than planned?"

"Worse is putting it mildly," she frowned. "Turns out Asan is a Ramanga, and him and his brother tried to dust us. So did their father."

"I thought you said Ramanga was dead."

"He is now," Ingrid frowned. "He did animus necrosis to bring himself back from dust."

"Huh?"

"He literally preserved his spirit by transferring it to another world and back again," Ingrid explained. "But he's gone for good now. Dad staked him, and he wasn't expecting it so he had no chance to transfer his spirit again. Ramanga is gone."

"That's not what is bothering you though is it?" Piers guessed. "Even though his sons got away, you aren't too bothered by that."

Ingrid looked down to her keyboard. "Ramanga tried to absorb Vlad's power by using Malik to protect himself from being destroyed. It would have never have worked because Malik wasn't a Dracula… But the process destroyed Malik."

"I'm sorry Ingrid," Piers looked understandingly. He knew Malik wasn't her brother, she told him that straight away. Piers also knew there was something between them, even though she denied it. Piers didn't blame her though, it wasn't as if they were a couple no matter what he said.

Ingrid shook her head. "I don't need apologies, nor do I want them, Piers. Malik is gone, and that is that. He's just one more enemy that has been dealt with. I may have… hated him more than a usual vampire but that means nothing. He's not the first vampire that I've felt… unusually for and then got dusted, and he may well not be the last."

Piers got the feeling she was warning him, as if to say not to get too close to her otherwise he could get hurt. For some reason he didn't care, if all went according to plan then he wouldn't have to worry about himself at all.

I kind of mixed in Piers and Ingrid as well as Ingrid and Malik. It was clear Malik's death hit Ingrid hard, but she did after treat Piers better in a way. It was as if she didn't want a guy getting hurt because of her. It taught her a valuable lesson that Will's death didn't. Will's death only taught her that she had to retrain herself, and that chaos was never the answer.

Thank you for reading and please review!

C

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