Young Dracula Outtakes:

Overall Acknowledgements –

Looking back at my first ever outtake – when I was ill... I can see not only changes in the YD world but changes in myself – I was a bit snobbish when I first started, I'd like to think these changes have improved my writing skills, but I know I still make mistakes in places and I still come up with things last minute... then I think of an awesome outtake later and regret not putting that up instead...

As such I will be making an 'extra outtakes' fanfic which will be made up of outtakes I have come up with since I wrote the originals – I kind of have been writing ideas as I go since I started season 5 outtakes and quickly filling a notebook with ideas - but never included in the original outtakes because I didn't have time to write them or felt they shouldn't have been included – mostly because of the latter.

I will also be going through each outtake again and extending or changing them in places because my earlier outtakes are appalling, I can't read them without cringing or asking myself what I was thinking.

This has been a rollarcoaster for me and well… it made things fell final, however…

In a way YD will go on forever – even though it has finished - because as long as us fans carry on with the scenarios and stories, then YD never EVER DIES!

You may have noticed in places that some bits seem a little real (particularly in season 5 outtakes)… like they actually happened. Well, you'd be right. I have said in some places where some bit are real ish but not in others. So I have taken aspects of my life and applied them to the stories. Things like George's knowledge of Archaeology and Latin came from me because I study both of them just like her. Then there is her instance with the pancakes and making the cake, which came from my experiences. Then there are minor bits like the second outtake of the season where Vlad goes on about his pictures falling off the wall. That came from me, because my posters – including my Young Dracula one to my continuous frustration – like to fall off my walls like they are trying to drive me crazy. Then there is the whole family thing, I know what it's like to have a family that argue, fight and have sibling rivalry – not to the extremes of the Dracula's, but you get the idea - but love each other, so I have mixed in my feelings about it into this. I have only put minor things in to make it seem more real, I haven't done anything drastic because that would just ruin them. I just hope it has done what I have intended.

I have also been influenced by other fandoms as I have written this because I am not just a Young Dracula fan. The others I have been influenced by are:

The Hunger Games trilogy (books and films)

Star Wars (films, TV shows, books, and comics – some of which are part of the Expanded Universe)

Percy Jackson and the Olympians (Mostly the books not the films)

The Heroes of Olympus (the books because there aren't any films of it… yet)

The Kane Chronicles

The Percy Jackson and the Olympians and the Kane Chronicles crossovers (the actual books, not the fanfictions)

Beautiful Creatures series (books and film – though I have only read the 1st book)

The Hollow Trilogy (not a series that's very well-known but it's still excellent)

Alex Rider series (the books, especially Russian Roulette because it's dark themes have really made me think about the dark goings ons in people's heads)

Final Fantasy (the games, in particular IX, X, X-2, XIII, XIII-2 and Lightning Returns: Final Fantasy XIII; not usually something I'm influenced by but the storylines are so good that I have been influenced by them)

I think that's all of them… all the other fandoms I'm part of is on my profile page here - u/3755707/Charchisto.

I haven't put the fandoms in any order, some influenced me before others and some didn't influence later ones. So the Hunger Games, Kane Chronicles, Percy Jackson and the Olympians and the Kane Chronicles crossovers, Russian Roulette and Final Fantasy influenced season 5 outtakes but didn't influence earlier ones as much (some did influence the earlier ones though) because I wasn't watching or reading them at the time.

Here is a playlist of inspiring songs for all the outtake seasons. It's seriously long, so feel free to skip it. But if you are interested where some of my ideas come from then feel free to listen to them (or PM me because not all my ideas come from music), most of them aren't hard to find on Spotify or YouTube (YouTube is best though). Some are repeated because I like to listen to some songs over and over (yes, I am that sad). I have also added notes to songs I associate with certain parts of YD to show which have particularly influenced me:

Season 1 Outtakes:

Never Let Me Down Again, Home and A Question of Lust – Depeche Mode

E.T. - Katy Perry

For a Pessimist, I'm Pretty Optimistic – Paramore

Never Let Me Go and Cosmic Love – Florence + the Machine

Sister Rosetta [2011 Version] - The Noisettes

In the Morning – Soulsavers Feat. Dave Gahan

Pandemonium - Nobuo Uematsu (From Final Fantasy IX soundtrack)

Season 2 Outtakes:

Stripped, Get the Balance Right, Leave in Silence, See You, Corrupt and Angel – Depeche Mode

Running In the Family – Level 42

Only If For a Night – Florence + the Machine

Madness, Survival and Panic Stations – Muse

Dumbledore's Farewell – Nicholas Hooper (from Harry Potter and the Half Blood Prince soundtrack)

Season 3 Outtakes:

Nothing, It's No Good, Enjoy the Silence (all remixes), People are People, Walking in my Shoes, Judas, Mercy in You, Never Let Me Down Again [Split Mix], Condemnation and Suffer Well – Depeche Mode

A Thousand Years - Christina Perri (including both versions from Breaking Dawn part 1 and part 2 soundtracks)

Kingdom and Saw Something – Dave Gahan

Princess of China – Coldplay. Ft. Rihanna

Wunderkind – Alanis Morissette (From the Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe soundtrack) [This isn't Vlad's song in my head, but it is associated with him because the lyrics kind of fit into him, though the lyrics apply to a girl in the film but you changed them to male version then they would no doubt fit.]

Can't Take It In – Imogen Heap (From the Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe soundtrack)

Where – Lisabeth Scott (From the Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe soundtrack)

Winter Light – Tim Finn (From the Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe soundtrack)

Hall of Fame – The Script feat. Will. .

Everything and Nothing – The Boom Circuits (From the Breaking Dawn Part 2 soundtrack)

Season 4 Outtakes:

Dream On, Rush, Higher Love, Halo (Goldfrapp Remix) [Adze's song... I always associate this song with her], In Your Room (The Jeep Rock Mix) [This song is a reminds me of Vlad and Erin's relationship], Walking in my Shoes and Sacred – Depeche Mode

The Antidote – St Vincent (From the: Breaking Dawn part 2 soundtrack)

Heart of Stone – IKO (From the Breaking Dawn part 2 soundtrack)

New For You – Reeve Carney (From the Breaking Dawn part 2 soundtrack)

To Feel Alive – Iameve (From the Percy Jackson and the Sea of Monsters soundtrack)

Death Game, Crimson Blitz, Last Resort, Claire Farron and Humanity's Tale - Masashi Hamauzu, Naoshi Mizuta & Mitsuto Suzuki (From the Lightning Returns: Final Fantasy XIII soundtrack)

My Hands – Leona Lewis

Limit Break, Heart of Chaos, Invisible Depths, Lightning's Theme, New World, Condition Omega, Beautiful Heroes, Knight of a Goddess and Eternal Fight - Masashi Hamauzu, Naoshi Mizuta & Mitsuto Suzuki (From the Final Fantasy XIII-2 soundtrack)

Blinded by Light, The Vile Peaks, Tension in the Air, Atonement, Primarch Dysley, Fighting Fate, Desperate Struggle, Start Your Engines, Eden under Siege and Determination - Masashi Hamauzu (From the Final Fantasy XIII soundtrack)

Season 5 Outtakes:

Luxerion, Crimson Blitz, Noel's Theme – the Shadow Hunter, Yuel and Noel, Desert Awakening, Saviour of Souls, High Voltage, Death Game, Ouroboros Fiesta, City of Revelry, Lightning's Theme - Radience and Altar of Light - Masashi Hamauzu, Naoshi Mizuta & Mitsuto Suzuki (From the Lightning Returns: Final Fantasy XIII soundtrack)

Silhouettes – Monsters and Men (From The Hunger Games: Catching Fire soundtrack)

Elastic Heart - Sia feat. The Weekend (From The Hunger Games: Catching Fire soundtrack)

The Tour – James Newton Howard (From The Hunger Games: Catching Fire score)

Rue's Farewell – James Newton Howard (From The Hunger Games score)

Despair – Japan [Vlad's song, I first listened to this song when I first started watching Young Dracula and because of that this song always reminds me of the Finale in Season 2. It also reminds me Vlad's desperation not to be a vampire and the Chosen One.]

Eternal Love (Original, Long and Instrumental version) – Sayuri Sugawara (From the Final Fantasy XIII soundtrack)

My Hands – Leona Lewis

Never Let Me Go – Florence + the Machine

Freelove – Depeche Mode

New World, Ruined Hometown and Yeul's Theme - Masashi Hamauzu, Naoshi Mizuta & Mitsuto Suzuki (From the Final Fantasy XIII-2 soundtrack)

Dust to Dust, Sulyya Springs, The Gapra Whitewood and Determination - Masashi Hamauzu (From the Final Fantasy XIII soundtrack)

A Fleeting Dream, Enemy Attack, Pursuit, Assault, Challenge and Servants of the Mountain – Junya Nakano, Masashi Hamauzu and Nobuo Uematsu (From the Final Fantasy X HD Remaster soundtrack)

I would like to thank the following people for reviewing (all of the outtakes):

"Emma-Jane"

Lucifferrr

HyaHya

Lunan95

Redrachox

LiveAndLoveLife

The Potters Of The Future

PokeThunder

Maddain-CC's no.1 fan girl xxx (Thank you so much for reviewing each season outtakes!)

Claire3loves3music

Blueberrypie94

Yeknodelttil

RandomLoveChosen

Oneandonlywolfgirl

ShadowVampireGirl

The Angels Will Always Cry

Barbs88 ("Barbs")

History101 (I love your name!)

Icerose Enitity (Thank you for your regular reviews!)

"Guest" (I think there have been several of these but I can't thank you personally if you are just a Guest and don't put a username of some sort, but thank you anyway)

Thanks in particular my moderators from my forum: redrachox, HyaHya, XoxSeaWolfxoX BookWormsAreADyingRace, RavenBowie, Shadow, Angel and Paletena. Love you guys! You keep me loving YD! They actually manage to cope with my mood swings from my hyperness to my anger. Thank you! Feel free to join in the fun on my forum!

Thank you to the cast and crew of Young Dracula for making such an amazing TV show that has affected so many of us and helped us to grow and be inspired.

Thank you to Michael Lawrence for coming up with the original book 'Young Dracula' which inspired the five year long (well, it was around seven years, because of the gap between seasons 2 and 3, but you know what I mean) TV show without which there would be no fanfiction and fans etc.

I guess there should also be a thank you to Bram Stoker (even though he is dead), because his book has inspired us all to think about vampires. His book seems to have highly influenced both the book and especially the TV show. It's surprising the number of things in the show which is actually from the original 'Dracula' book. So thank you to him for coming up with a story which has created more stories from it.

Thank you to all of you for reading these outtakes and all the previous ones. The response to these outtakes has been incredible and really motivated me. So thank you so very much from my heart, you all have really touched me.

I hope you'll read 'extra outtakes' when I get round to them, which may be soon or not be depending on what I feel like writing. I do have about four or five other stories for YD alone in my head… so it may be some time…

But for now, I think I will be saying goodbye.

So until the next time, farewell my friends…

Charchisto

xx