A UV bomb grazed his ear, exploding a few feet away from where he stood. He was frozen with suprise. Luckily, the UV rays that escaped from the small object only tickled the vampire slightly for he was far enough away. Realising the slayers were on his tail, he flited off into the distant woodland.
Once he felt he was far enough from the slayers he rested his head on a nearby fallen oak tree, similar to the one in his first visit to the dream world. Vladimir Dracula was thinking, nothing specific, just thinking. His thoughts had trailed of to his childhood in Transylvania. How he and Ingrid would play fight, well Ingrid wanted less of the play, more of the fight, but you get the picture. His father, the infamous Count Dracula, would watch as if it was normal for two children trying to bite each other's necks, although, they were vampires so it was quite normal to them, until Ingrid managed to actually cause Vlad to bleed. 'Ahh, happy times' Vlad thought to himself, when all of a sudden the world around him started to fade. His fantasies would have to continue tomorrow, because he was waking up.
Vlad's eyes fluttered open to reveal the darkness of the inside of his coffin. With a snap of his fingers, the coffin lid split open and Vlad sat up. The sun hadn't set fully yet. 'Perfect' Vlad thought to himself. He always liked to get up a little earlier than the rest of his family to watch the sun disappear behind the trees that surrounded his home. It made him feel slightly more normal, and that's all the normal he needed at that moment. He stepped out of his coffin with ease and carefully walked over to the window, avoiding the sun's rays at all costs. The sun might be weaker this time of day, but Vlad wasn't in the mood to be scorched right after he had woken up. Gazing through his half drawn curtains, Vlad caught a glimpse of the setting sun. It made the sky seem like it was on fire with all the different shades of red, orange and yellow. He watched as the darkness finally consumed the sky, revealing the beautiful navy blue version, littered with stars the sun previously had made invisible to the naked eye. Vlad sighed. Although he was settling into his new role of Chosen One and Grand High Vampire, a part still longed to go outside into the sun and be normal. Those desires had faded since his 18th birthday when his mortal side was destroyed and his vampire side became dominant, much, much smaller, but still there. Realising that it had been half an hour since he woke up, Vlad changed out of his pajamas and into some faded black jeans, a dark red T-shirt with a auburn pattern all over it and one half of the necklace he shared with his mother who, as far as he was concerned, didn't know of his existence. Feeling slightly depressed at that thought he went and brushed his hair and then flitted to the dining room where his father and sister were waiting.
The count was lounging in his thone, reading the Vampire Times, as per usual. Ingrid was flipping through the latest copy of 'Fang Fasion' magazine, as per usual. Then Vlad entered the room, instantly going to sit opposite his sister and got to eating the delightful breakfast Renfield had prepared the Draculas, that his sister and father had already finished, as per usual. An average day, or night at the Dracula residence.
A few admittedly awkward minutes had passed of Vlad silently eating the 'Bear's liver and Monkey kidney' porridge. It was admittedly ever so slightly less revolting than the 'Fish eye and maggot' cereal they had received the night prior. All of a sudden the count's evil laughter filled the room. It was quite the scare for Ingrid, who jumped in her seat causing her magazine to drop onto her crossed legs, although she'd never admit it. Vlad proceded to break the silence that had resumed it's place quite quickly " What's in the news now father?" in a sarcastic tone. The count just looked at his son with a wicked glint in his eye. Vlad got up from his seat and plodded to his father's side, still feeling a little nauseous from the Bear liver. There was an entry in the paper titled 'Crossbreed Couple and Child Creates Chaos' which displayed very distinct photos of Magda, Patrick and poor Wolfie. The kid had grown since he last saw him, Vlad thought. He was 17 the last time he saw his younger step brother. It had been around seven years since then. The count had read the whole thing in seconds. Magda and Patrick went on a killing spree, murdered over the maximum of breathers, took Wolfie with them, got caught and were now facing the Werewolf High Court. "She got what she deserved, that cheating, mut-loving, bit-." The count roared before his daughter cut him off "Okay dad, we get it, she got what she deserves. End of!" Ingrid still had some hope that her witch of a mother would eventually get hit in the head with some common scence ( a large stake in the heart would do the job nicely in Vlad's mind), but she never did. When ever her father would speak a word badly of her mother, she always interfere. Vlad however didn't mind calling his step mother a 'devious, conniving witch' because she was one. Only coming back when she wants something. Vlad had had enough of it and since he happened to be the Grand High Vampire, one of the first things he did was put a restraining order on his mother, forcing her to leave his family alone. At least that was one thing he didn't have to worry about. On the other hand, he did have a pile of letters from the VHC to look at, majority being papers that needed his signature at the bottom mixed with other junk he didn't really care about. With that thought, he told his family he would be working on that all night, looking though papers seemed less dull than sitting in a room with his father and sister, which was concerning Vlad a little more than he thought it would. They hadn't fought in a full month which was actually quite worrying. Coming back from his thoughts Vlad flited to his study. With in a second he was gone, followed by Ingrid who'd gone off to paint her nails blood red.
So, first chapter done! I'm enjoying writing this fic so I think i'll carry on. Chapter 2 is being worked on. Hope you enjoyed and please RR ~Minty
