A.N. So I received a request from nooneneeds2know and that is if I could do a fanfic of the actors from the cirque du freak movie meeting the characters from the book. Honestly I had an idea along those lines but never got to typing it so I will try to get going on that since you asked. Also I do have a Deviantart account now so I will post my drawings of my OCs so that you know what I had in mind when I came up with the characters. So again thank you so much for the support and I will stop rambling so that you may read the chapter.

Disclaimer: not even going to say it.

Chapter 16

It was so cold, and why did we have to do this bare footed? Gavner, my mentor, and I were resting in the last of the small caves called way stations that led up to Vampire Mountain. Another thing that was weird to me is how he decided to go on this trip right after he blooded me. In my perspective it was kinda weird but during this entire two week trip I said nothing to the now snoring vampire.

Within the first few days of the trip I had asked the vampire why he didn't just flit (a super fast speed that only full vampires could reach) to Vampire Mountain. Gavner just laughed and explained how the trek was not only a journey to get to the destination but was also a test to separate the strong from the weak.

The sun was finally setting and the snoring vampire soon woke up and grunted as he climbed out of the cave and joined me at the entrance. "Well shall we get going then?" I just nodded my head then jogged ahead of him, only for him to jog beside me soon after. During our jog we never stopped, only slowed down, and I was just bursting with energy, I didn't even feel the cold wind that continued to blow past us.

We continued to make our way across the barren wasteland around us barely out of breath. As the moon began setting in the sky, Gavner pointed out a large mountain peak in the distance. The two of us had finally reached Vampire Mountain that the vampires had set up base in long ago.

We raced the remaining distance that lay between us and the mountain trying to have a little fun the rest of the way. Gavner offered to slow down his speed a little to make it fair but I told him don't cause that would only ruin the challenge of racing a vampire.

After our Race, which Gavner won by a mile, the two of us stood at the base of the mountain and I then had to follow Gavner as he began scaling up the cliff side with nothing but our strength and ultra strong nails. We passed many cave entrances but we continued to climb up to the one that Gavner had set his eyes on.

As the sun finally began to climb over the horizon, when Gavner finally crawled over the edge and reached down to help me up. As I climbed over the edge I was the happiest I have ever been in my life to be inside of a cave. As we were walking deeper into the cave I noticed that even though the sunlight couldn't reach us anymore there was still light within the caves.

"Gavner, where's the light coming from?" I asked the vampire who was walking in front of me. He stopped and walked over to the wall and bent down picking some of the mushrooms that I noticed a while ago growing within the caves. Once he was close enough to me I noticed that these mushrooms were the cause of the light.

After Gavner placed the mushrooms back on the ground we began making our way to the gathering place of the vampires. Soon the two of us were standing before a set of very large doors with a set of guards standing nearby.

The two guards holding long menacing spears stared at us void of all emotion. "Address yourselves to the gate."One of the two emotionless guards said to us. "I am Gavner Purl come to seek counsel." Said my mentor. As I stood silently next to him until the guards turned their attention to me.

Once all eyes were on me I repeated what Gavner said only replaced his name with mine. "I am Dorene Sanchez come to seek council." After I said this a thick silence filled the cave. Soon after a few gut wrenching seconds the guards spoke. "Gavner Purl is recognized by the gate but," the two guards paused then continued once their long spears were pointed at me. "Dorene Sanchez is not."

My heart leapt into my throat at the sight of the of the spear tip pointed at my chest. Soon Gavner started laughing shocking everyone including me. "Don't worry she's one of us."

The guards then turned to him but kept their spears pointed at me. Suddenly Gavner grabbed a hold of my left wrist and held it up to reveal the five small scars located on each of my fingertips. "This girl is my assistant .With that the guards lowered their and stood tall as they asked. "Do you vouch for her?" Gavner looked down at me then turned back to the guards. "Yes I vouch for her."

When Gavner said that the guards tapped on the large doors with their spears and almost effortlessly the doors opened and my mentor and I had finally reached our destination.

A.N. so yeah hope you liked the chapter and yes Dorene arrives at Vampire Mountain before Darren so yeah next few chapters with her will have her trials and stuff. Also my Deviantart account is Samansa-Chan147 so yeah look it up if you wish to see my Idea for Mia, Dorene, and Victoria.