Meanwhile in the Branagh household
Robin had just been woken up by his father with an angry look on his face. "Robin" said Mr. Branagh in a strict manor. Robin realised that he usually came down to breakfast at 8:00am before heading to his job in a local shop. Noticing his father staring at him, probably waiting for an excuse why he had awoken at 9:30am, Robin made up a half-hearted story about feeling ill, and that he shouldn't go to work that day. His father accepted his excuse as the truth, because he didn't want to get into another argument with his son for the third morning in a row. Robin was quite cranky in the mornings. As his father left he opened the curtains, Robin sat up, kicked the duvet off of his body and tried to adjust to the now sunlit room. His life had really gone down the drain. His brothers were playing for small yet adequate rugby team together, Chloe had gone off to study in Oxford, and here he was, stuck at home with his parents. He was payed less in a day than his brothers were payed per hour for god's sake! He had no friends either. Well he did have one, but that one friend left him all of a sudden without telling him a damn thing. He had been a total nobody at his old school, bullied and made fun of. They'd call him disgusting names like; freak, vampire geek, fang face, bloodsucker. He was a nobody. No friends, no good job, not even a family that loved him.
Robin had gotten up. He'd picked up picture on his desk to make himself feel better. It was old. It had a picture of a much healthier and younger looking Robin wearing a cape and gothic clothing underneath, and a boy around the age of 13 in the photo next to him. He had dark hair, verging on black draping over his face, cut just short enough that it didn't cover his eyebrows. The boy wore an orange top that read 'OBEY THE RULES' with the 'RULES' scribbled out and a pair of blue jeans. It was Vlad. Some how, this photo of him and his old best mate made him feel a lot better, even though he had been angry with him only a second ago. Robin missed him all the time. He'd been the only one to accept him. He'd been so caring and sweet, even when Robin was being selfish or downright stupid. Robin wasn't sure if he'd be the same now, due to his vampirism. None of his family could remember the fact that the Draculas were staying in the now ruins of Stokely castle on the top of the hill. Vlad's hypnosis had worked at first. Robin had became friends with Jonno and was at his house when the vampires attacked his father, and murdered him right before his eyes. The Van Helsings had gone to seek revenge which left robin all alone. he didn't really count his friendship with Jonno as 'real' because he'd been under hypnosis, so technically his friend hadn't actually left him, he'd just been alone all this time. Hearing his father calling him down to eat, he set down the picture he'd been holding and made his way down the stairs.
He arrived at the breakfast table and to his surprise, his mother looked quite happy considering she'd had to wait now two hours for her son to come down from moping in his room. Robin sat down without a word and started eating his cold scrambled eggs. His mother was clearly trying to get his attention. Trying to make eye contact with him and what not. She hadn't looked this happy since she got Chloe's acceptance letter for Oxford. He didn't want to hear of his siblings' success right now. Finally giving in to his mothers unspoken insistence, he half shouted "What?!" in his mother's direction. She wasn't at all phased by the sudden outburst from her son, instead she handed him a small brown envelope. Robin opened the envelope and read it's contents.
Stokely Grammar Reunion Event
We, the head of the Stokely Grammar School council invite you to re-join your co-students of the past in a night full of fun!
This evening will take place in your old school hall on the 8/3/2020 at 7:30pm.
'That's tonight' thought Robin.
We hope to see you soon - Miss Harker (head teacher)
"NO WAY! Never in a million, no a billion years will I ever go to that school again!" wailed Robin. As if he'd ever go back to that school! Why would he? There was no point in it. 'Oh yes, I'll gladly accept your offer to willingly go to an event I know everyone will make fun of me at!' he thought. He was close to laughing. How stupid could someone get. He thought his mother would have guessed he didn't want to go back to being bullied. By now, his mother was trying to get his attention again. He lifted his head that was staring at the invite to his mother. "look at the back dear." Underneath the pictures of his old school that were most definitely photoshopped to look sunnier, it read;
This invite is sent out to all students that attended Stokely Grammar from 2000-2010
His mother hadn't said anything but Robin had a good idea of what she was thinking. Vlad could be there tonight! The chances were slim, but it wasn't a total no was it? Granted, he was a vampire, actually the most powerful vampire of all time but there was hope in his mind that he and his old best mate would be reunited tonight. His mother noticed his change in mood and said " I hope you do go dear. Chloe just texted me, she's going tonight. So are Ian an Paul. You wouldn't be alone if Vlad doesn't show up." Robin swore that his mother could read his mind some times. "That's great" Robin said. He got up from the kitchen table and went to clean his now empty plate. "Is that a yes Robin?" His mother questioned. Quite confidently, Robin turned around, and simply said "Yes."
Well, seems like Robin and Vlad are going to this reunion party!
I'm thinking of doing a fic based slightly on another YD one (basically using another fic's character)
Please RR if you can/want to.~Minty
