I was dressed in my school's uniform and was helping my younger siblings get ready as well while my older siblings were feeding the twins. I would normally walk my younger siblings to school while my older ones would leave earlier to do something else but I told mum about wanting to help the new neighbor get to school as the didn't know the town yet. I gave my mum and dad a kiss on the cheek before I left and began to run up to the castle. When I got to the castle the door was opened and I could hear people inside. I walk through the crack in the door to see the whole Branaugh family apart from the father there with Vlad and Ingrid.
"You don't have to go but I want to. Just don't tell dad. Okay." Vlad said and I walked further into the castle so I was standing next to Robin and Vlad.
"Sure. Don't worry. Dad!" Ingrid screamed out. And the voice of the man, their father was heard like a speaker before he appeared beside me and Robin.
"What peasant dares knock on my palace of doom?" the man questions.
"Hello, you must be mister, uh…" Mrs. Branaugh began but trailed off as she didn't know his name.
"Count." the man filled in.
"Mister Count. I'm Elizabeth Branaugh, you neighbor. Welcome to our country. It's wonderful to meet you. Oh My goodness, what is that smell?" Mrs. Branaugh introduced before Renfield walked in along with his smell. I waved at Vlad as Renfield was explaining the smell as something besides himself. I heard Mrs. Branaugh say something about a drain problem and sending Ingrid and Vlad off at school.
"School? What school?" the count questions confused.
"Stokely Grammar School." Mrs. Branaugh replied.
"My children do not go to school." the count said matter-of-factly.
"Oh, please let me go dad. How else am I gonna make friends?" Vlad pleads.
"Our kind don't need friends." the count hisses out at Vlad. I couldn't help but feel bad for Vlad.
"Well, come on you lot." Mrs. Branaugh began to usher the other's out the door. I made sure I was the last to leave as I wanted to speak with the count.
"Count Dracula, I really hope you reconsider. I think that at least having Vlad attended school would be good." I said as I approached the count before I walked through the door. The door shut behind me and I ran to catch up with Robin and the rest of the Banaugh's. The rest of the day I couldn't help but think of a way to help Vlad out. Then I remember that the law here insures that all children are required to attend school, if I tell Headmistress Harker that there is a family with children that are not attending school then she will go talk to the count and convince him to let Vlad attend school. I handed in a letter to the Headmistress and waited till the next day. I was dressed and ready to go, then I remembered that I had to get Ava and Tommy ready for school as well and it was half an hour before school started and they weren't even up yet. I woke them up, made them breakfast, made them eat while getting dressed and got their school things together before rushing them out the door. When we arrived at school we were 10 minutes late and I had woodwork shop first. I entered the class said my apologizes to Mr. Van Helsing and walked to my seat, and Vlad was at my table.
"Vlad, you're here." I welcomed him and he smiled at me and we began the lesson. I whispered to Robin to ask what I missed and he told me about Mr. Van Helsing taking the Dracula crest pendant.
"Robin, you have to get that pendant back from Mr. Van Helsing. This is all your fault anyway, you twit." I whisper yell at Robin. When the class ended me and Vlad left to the café while Robin got the pendant back.
"Don't worry, Vlad. He'll get it back." I told Vlad to cheer him up. Just then Robin came into the cafè and Vlad opened his lunch and picked out a dead cockroach. Robin sat down after making a comment about spinach.
"Did you get the broach back?" Vlad asked Robin with hope in his voice.
"Sorry. Can't you just tell your dad you lost it?" Robin asked. I reached over the table a slap the back of his head.
"Idiot." I muttered.
"Oh yeah. If I want him to kill me." Vlad stated.
"Well, that's alright. You're dead already." Robin stated happily.
"Idiot." I said towards him again.
"Who's dead already?" Chloe asked as she placed her lunch and bag down. Nobody said a thing. "Oh, I get it. He's a vampire as well. Right?" Chloe said mockingly. "Mustn't scare the school. Vampire, Vampire." Chloe called out before Ingrid appeared and covered Chloe's mouth with her hand.
"Ingrid, it's alright." Vlad said before Ingrid removed her hand with an shout as Chloe had bitten it.
"You little runt. You got some nerve. We bite you, not the other way around." Ingrid whisper yelled at Chloe.
"Oh, so you're a vampire as well. Well that explains the hearse, the scary dad, the…" Chloe trailed off as she connected all the pieces and ran out of the cafè screaming, Vlad and Robin ran after her.
"It's alright. Don't panic. She just found a cockroach." Ingrid held up the cockroach that was in Vlad's sandwich and made everyone in the cafè run out screaming.
"You didn't have to scare Chloe, you know." I told Ingrid as she began walking out the door, she stopped and turned around.
"But where's the fun in that?" She said with a smirk as she pushed the doors open and marched out. I couldn't find Vlad and Robin after lunch due to me having academic classes after lunch. I was leaving the school when I found Vlad, Chloe, Robin and Mr. Branaugh all crowded outside of the woodwork shop.
"What's everyone doing here?" I ask them.
"Hello, Vimka. I'm gonna be working on the heating." Mr. Branaugh said as Headmistress Harker marched out of the room with Jonathan and Mr. Van Helsing following behind her.
"Why don't you three bring Vlad back to the castle." Mr. Branaugh continued. He must of said something wrong because all three cringed when Mr. Van Helsing came back. I had no idea what was going on, but when I asked what was going on Chloe told me about Mr. Van Helsing being a vampire slayer. When we got to the castle Vlad was making us take an oath that we wouldn't tell anyone else about being a vampire. We all agreed but before anything else happened we were all pulled inside the castle.
"Dad stop."
"They know we're vampires. They have to be destroyed." the count yell as he snarled at us.
"Dad, we've discussed this. Friends are not food." Vlad reminded his father.
"These are no friends. Why, it was probably them who denounced me the the school." the count shouted as he shook us and I manage to free myself from his grasp. I stood be side Vlad as he told his father that it wasn't them who did it.
"Well, then who did it?" the count asked angrily.
"Me." both me and Vlad stepped forwards.
"You did? I did too." We both said in harmony and smiled at each other. The count let Robin and Chloe go as he approached us. I wasn't scared.
"You. You double crossed your own father. You clever little fox." the count said with impressiveness.
"What? Is that it? He betrayed you." Ingrid tried but it fell on deaf ears. Vlad smiled at me and I smiled back. It's gonna be a good year.