The next day, I wake up at 5:30 in the morning and get ready. I go into the kitchen and greet my mom.461Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡdCUoZkkaa8
"Did you sleep good dear?"461Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ1INQycaHAi
I shrug in response. 461Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ0ipcbDBZOP
"Oh, you've got to know if you did or not."461Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡtkJDYHwKJq
"Well, I guess," I mumble.461Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡSG8plZP6cw
"Okay, come on. Let's go."461Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡVwIU2iIefG
"Already? We don't have to be there until 7:30."461Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZyrWG1OboI
"It takes about an hour and a half to get there. It's 5:47." She heads outside to the car. 461Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ7gl1LMbBM9
I moan, get up and go outside to the car. I get in the car and mom turns on the engine. She pulls out of the driveway and we head off.461Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡnbYK4itUSs
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Once we get to the funeral home, we head inside and go to the back. Mom tells me to wait where I'm at and goes out a pair of doors. I look over at something covered in a sheet. I walk around looking at the pictures on the wall. After a while, when I can't control my curiosity, I walk over to the sheet covered object and pull the sheet away. I find a body with the eyes closed. Very carefully, I lean in and slowly lift my hand. I quickly poke the face and pull my hand away, closing my eyes. I slowly open one eye and look at the body. I heave a sigh and open my other eye. I reach up and pull the eyelid open. Suddenly, I hear someone approaching. I jump up as the door opens and mom walks in with someone.461Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡwMYyU3q6QJ
"Who's this pretty thing?" The stranger walks up and shakes my hand.461Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ17TTEBNBQX
"Oh, that's my daughter," mom says.461Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡTeO7igKxR6
"What's your name? Mine is Richard Phillips."461Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡYwl9TMMq4J
"Nikki," I reply. "Nikki Henderson."461Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡW8WACAAdwk
"Beautiful name." He looks over at the body. "You been looking at him. One interesting thing, isn't he? Funny lookin'. I examined his teeth and looked at some online pictures. It's him, alright. The great Count Dracula." He coughs. "Amazing, isn't it?"461Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡRqeipEttt6
I nod. "I've always wondered what it would be like to meet him in person, but this is good enough."
"Well, we've got to get him ready for open casket tomorrow."461Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ98u11aIRnV
"Tomorrow? So soon?" Mom crosses her arms.461Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡMsMXmmpMsK
He coughs. "Yes, ma'am. Tomorrow. We want to get him out of England as soon as possible."461Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ6un8lH72uT
"Why?" I look at mom, then at him.461Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡhuisCaG21i
"He doesn't belong here. He's going to be sent down to Transylvania to be buried. He's not being buried up here in England."461Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZiVmQZ305R
"Oh." I look over at his body.461Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZZ8Wznez2V
"Well, we have to go get arrangements ready. Stay here."461Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡMwKTpWDJSY
Mom and Richard leave and I walk over to his body. I lift my hand up and pull back his upper lip. I examine his teeth and gasp. I straighten up, sit down and gaze down on him. I sigh. Oh, he's so handsome. I want to kiss him. But I'm not going to.461Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡqvZD22ksbs
After an hour or two of getting things ready and setting things up, mom and I finally leave. Once in the car, I ask,461Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡm6F5wQb531
"Are we coming back tomorrow for the open casket funeral?"461Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡKGIsKxpDvo
"More than likely not."461Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡC4BwtMlOP9
"Come one. Mom," I moan.461Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡBYlADFmuDq
"No."461Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ8hPdRY7zlW
I slouch in my seat and cross my arms. "Fine."461Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ7dlqKNWptc
"Sit up, young lady."
I moan and sit up. I turn and look out the window. I sigh. Back home and staying there. Yay. Not.461Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡoo2TOC6rEp
Eleven Years Later …
Location: Sighișoara, Transylvania Year: 2031461Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡsQYm1cwcvp
Just woke up from the craziest dream ever. It's only 4:45 in the morning. Suddenly, my bedroom door opens and my light comes on. I squint.461Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡdJFQhwGgFQ
"Come on. Get up."461Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡWF1OKImO96
"What? Why? It's not even 5:00 yet. Where are we going?"461Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡDXS3qvJWg3
"The funeral home."461Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ5yo2FH0arp
"Why?"461Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡMsQTklnPwr
"They need to see me."461Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZNnGzr4ZUm
"What for?" I stretch and get out of bed. I yawn. 461Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡrPCoOfs6NE
"Something." 461Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡLc6DYJMsQS
Mom leaves and I get dressed. I go to the kitchen and we head to the car. We get in and head to the funeral home. Once there, we head inside and go to the backroom. Mom tells me to stay and goes out some doors. I sit down on the bed or table. I quickly jump up and turn around. A sheet. I pull back the sheet and see a body. Oh. Please don’t tell me she's going to help with another funeral. Suddenly the doors open and mom comes in with someone.461Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡUU4MhcAh4T
"We don’t know what it is, but he seems to not be decaying. We aren't sure."461Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡjBMxe2NeGc
"Who did you say it is?"461Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡSaUF4iQxf0
"Count Dracula."461Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡsaEzKEwjZ2
"Oh, gosh." She looks at the body. "He looks like he just got buried."461Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡpDGcjfhvKc
"He was put in a tomb in his casket. We don't know what it is with him, but he seriously doesn't seem to be decaying. We aren't sure what's going on."461Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡqorno6BdbU
"I know the perfect place to contact. But we're going to have to go there personally. You and me."461Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡquwTqcr9aC
"What about me?" I look up.461Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ2hL1w1W7TZ
"You can stay here and watch the body. Let us know if you see anything." He smiles. "Okay?"461Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ05c5jmEWJ7
"Yeah. Sure. Whatever."461Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ9Xaw8vA5KF
"Well, let's go." He throws some keys at mom. "You're driving."461Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡinTZmsWEGs
She shrugs. "Alright. Sweetie, stay here."461Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ4MFtDUnnL6
"As if I could go anywhere," I reply.461Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡmrdBXRJ17F
They leave. I turn around and look at him. "Why aren't you rotting?" I raise my eyebrows at my own remark. I snort. "What am I kidding? I'm literally talking to a dead body." I laugh at myself.461Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ5xyXlNYt4S
I lift his arm up and sit down. I set his arm in my lap and pull out my phone. Time for waiting.461Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡV4MmyHCbVu
An hour passes by and they still aren't back. I look over at him and smile. I hold his arm and lean down. Suddenly, we're face to face. I set my phone on his chest and use my free hand to touch his face. 461Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡEsiAYJ71WQ
"You're so handsome," I murmur. "I want to kiss you." I gasp and a smile spreads on my face. I lean in closer until our lips are touching. I lean in closer and kiss his lips. I pull away and smile. I lean in and kiss him again. And again. I sit up and wipe my face. "What is wrong with me?" I look down at him and brush a stray strand of hair off his forehead. I look away and start stroking his hand. I stop stroking his hand and look up. I sigh. Suddenly, I swear I feel movement on my lap. I look down to a completely still, unmoved hand. I look back up and feel movement again. I look down and this time I watch in horror as the hand clenches and squeezes my leg. I shriek and jump up, practically jumping across the room. I whirl around and find a standing up Dracula, my phone in his hand. Wait! My phone? 461Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡY8lNMWMTcr
"H-how are y-you even alive? Sh-shouldn't you be dead?"461Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡx9hdV6ioCU
He smiles. "Maybe."461Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡOsGwNedxMu
I just stare at him, wide-eyed. He chuckles and I see light gleam in his eyes. Suddenly, he's getting closer. I back up and hit the wall. I glance at the door and glance at him. I try racing to the door, but it's too late. He's done got me cornered. I put up my hands as tears stream down my face. Suddenly, I feel his hand making its way through my arms. He pulls my arms away and looks at my face. He sets my phone down and smiles. I feel his hand close around my jaw and I look up at him. He smiles again. I sniffle.461Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡKQ9PMWYOY4
"Ah, hush. Enough of the tears, my dear." He chuckles. "I am quite hungry, though. I've been lying in a tomb for quite some time and I haven't had a thing to eat."461Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡgmbXJCDY8S
"Please, no. I d-don't—"
"Shh. Hush now. Stay very calm." He smiles and I notice the familiar red color around his irises. "You're doing very well." He opens his mouth and I watch as the fangs grow longer. I shriek as his fangs sink in my neck. I moan as I feel him draining me of life. He comes up for breath and I sink to the floor. He looks down at me and grins wickedly. I suddenly feel really light-headed. I go unconscious.461Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡtw6x15M7Fi
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