Young Dracula Season 5: Outtakes

When I watched episodes 12 and 13 I watched them when they premiered and they were shown together like the finale for season 3 and season 4 that day. In the past I have managed to come up with in between episodes 12 and 13 ones, but this time it has been more difficult and I have got one but it's not very good. The outtake would probably be very short and I think you all deserve better than that. So instead I am doing two 'during episode 13' outtakes instead because my ideas for them are much better, and I think you'll enjoy them more.

This particular one is for Patelena, because she pointed out on my forum how Vlad just abruptly *spoiler alert* chose vampire over human just for love… that didn't seem to make sense. It was an abrupt decision on Vlad's part, one that makes no sense whatsoever because Vlad always plans in advance. It was a poor twist for the writers to put in – sorry, but that's how I feel. So I have decided to extend that tiny scene where Vlad is 'going to step into the sunlight' to show what really was probably going through Vlad's head and made him choose vampire over human.

So this in a way is me going back to my old ways of getting into Vlad's head, but the next one is more like the others in the season so it's not staying this way.

Thank you all so very much for all the reviews!

I don't own Young Dracula.

One – based during episode 13 of season 5

The sun was beginning to rise. This was it, it was now or never…

Or was it?

Had there ever been a choice in the first place…?

The answer… no, there wasn't. No matter what happened here today Vladimir Dracula would always be half vampire and half human, he would always be Vladimir Dracula. He would always be that boy that would try to be normal but wasn't.

Was becoming human going to change that?

Of course it wasn't. What you were didn't determine what you were like. If you were in a family of people considered 'unintelligent' and then you got into Oxford or Cambridge University, it would seem strange that you got in because of the stereotype of the family…

No one controlled what you were but yourself, and you never should allow others to control you. Listen to others yes, take in what they say, but don't let them destroy who you are. What you are doesn't matter, it's what is inside that counts – whether you are like personally, spiritually, in your soul etc.

After all, when it comes right down to it, there is only one thing we can ever control and that is ourselves. We can't control others, we can't force them, if people choose to die over being controlled isn't that their decision?

This was all beginning to hit Vlad.

If he stepped into the sunlight, it wasn't as if he could start again. He wasn't going to be reborn as Adam Giles, someone who never existed. because he was raised as a vampire over a human. He was still going to be himself, and that was what made him begin to reconsider.

How could he ever be human if he was never raised as one?

The fact was he couldn't. But Vlad couldn't deny his heritage, not anymore. Talitha was right, his human side was part of him… so was his vampire side. There was nothing Vlad could do about it, even if he stepped into the sunlight…

Vlad thought about almost five years ago when he made the same almost impossible decision, where in the dreamworld he was given a choice. He stepped into the sunlight… but he didn't choose it to become human, he chose it because he wanted neither. He didn't want to be a vampire, but in a sense he didn't want to be human too.

Couldn't he be both, couldn't he choose his own destiny for once? Unfortunately not.

So this is what it all come down to… the pros and the cons…

Vlad considered this. He always had been one to think tactically, weigh out what was right or wrong. He had got it wrong more than once, but this time he couldn't afford to make a mistake. It was all or nothing.

"Right," Vlad murmured to himself. "Human or vampire… sunlight or shadows… mortal or immortal… what kind of choice is that? Why do I have to choose? It's unfair. It's bad enough being the Chosen One…"

Of course… Vlad thought to himself. It was so obvious now, Vlad was the Chosen One. He could never figure that out. Why had he – a person considered a wimpire, a breather boy, a weak child – been chosen to be the most powerful vampire ever? But it had been staring at him all along. Vlad wasn't like all other vampires, and that was why he was the Chosen One. (A/N: I said that ages ago and thought of it a long time ago – I pointed it out in Choices which I wrote well before season 5 came out! It took them three seasons to actually admit it!)

That didn't help with the decision though…

Humanity, the positives… you could go out any time of day. You didn't have to worry about burning to death, though sometimes sun cream was necessary but that was only a minor inconvenience compared to being ashed. Humans were understanding, and caring and not as likely to stab you in the back. Though some would if it came right down to it. There was the opportunity to do what Vlad had always wanted.

There was downsides though. The Count was right, humans were mortal, they didn't last too long, and because of that they never got to do everything they wanted out of life. Then there was simple things like getting a job, sure Vlad could live with Sally but he couldn't do that for his whole life could he. Vlad had done his GCSEs granted, but not done anything with his life because of being a vampire. If he went into the human world what would he possibly do? Vlad didn't have a clue, he never thought of that. Working was vital for survival in the human world. If Vlad couldn't resolve that then he'd probably end up dead.

Then there was the major issue. If Vlad became a breather then there was no doubt the war between the slayers and vampires would start again… and then what? The whole of vampirekind would probably be destroyed – including the Dracula's – taking a large amount of humankind with it. The slayers may even kill Vlad even if he were human just because he is half human. And even if that didn't happen then there would be problems. The Vampire High Council… if Vlad chose to be human then they would probably kill him and his family anyway, and possibly Talitha too. They would make it look accidental… but really they would do it so humanity never found out about vampires and because they would consider the Chosen One becoming human a betrayal to their kind.

"Bats," he muttered to himself. His family would be dust if he chose humanity… it probably would be the end of the whole too, not only at the hands of the vampires but possibly the Blood Seed too.

Now came the tricky bit… vampirism, the negatives were easy to think of. No sunlight, no garlic which meant restrictions of what was eaten, no running water which seemed rather unhygienic really, Vlad could go on and on about the problems from being evil to drinking blood.

But there was pluses. The speed travel, it was practically a trill like a rollercoaster ride. It was scary at first but you got used to it and enjoyed it eventually. The immortality, no matter what Vlad said he couldn't deny he didn't like the thought of dying. He was willing to die to save people if necessary but he still didn't want to do it. Then the power… okay Vlad wasn't power-hungry like his family but… there was still a part of him that screamed at him if he tried to throw that power away. It wasn't because that power could be used to kill, but because it could be used to protect. As a human, that would be all gone, he couldn't protect anyone. 'Anything it takes' meant less when you were a human than a vampire. Vampires could kill with ease, humans found it a little more difficult because conscience, morality and lack of ability to do it. That 'anything it takes' would mean almost nothing if Vlad turned human.

If Vlad did this, if he turned human. He would lose everything, he might have Sally and George, but he's lose everyone else he loved. His father, his sister and of course… Talitha.

The Grand High Vampire told him he had to sacrifice the life he loved to save the family he loved… what if there was more meaning to that than Vlad thought. What if he meant that not only to realise that he was the Chosen One he had to sacrifice his humanity… but he had to sacrifice his humanity to become to Chosen One too.

Had the Grand High Vampire known all along what he was, who he was?

There was no way of answering that question.

But Vlad did know this. The Grand High Vampire told him for a reason, he appeared only to him. He was passing a message to him. He was saying he had to give up on his humanity, being the Chosen One was what was coming for him. He had to choose it. He had to be willing, there was no other way.

Vlad looked at the patch of sunlight feeling a tear fall down his face.

"I can't do it," he said. "I can't change who I am, what I am."

Vlad took a step back deeper into the shadows and for the first time in his life, he was glad to be in the darkness over the light.

"I'm sorry," he muttered.

Vlad span round feeling no different to how he had before the sun rose, but knew that he had made his decision. He was never going back on it.

From here on it, he was going to do only what he wanted. No one was going to change him anymore.

Nice long one. I have really put my feelings into this. This was a massive eureka moment for me, especially that bit about the hidden meaning in the Grand High Vampire's words.

Thank you for reading and please review!

C

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