Don't Be A Fool

Chapter 21

In Vlad's dream, he was lying on a tree, surrounded by other stumps; the sun shining down on him. Vlad woke up in all-black, red shoes. In front of him sat Alice, she wore a black ball gown dress, her hair pulled up. 

"Alice?" Vlad asked as he sat up. "Where am I?"

Alice put a ladybug charm in his pocket. "You are going to need the luck."

"Luck?" Vlad repeated in confusion. "For what?" Alice put a hand on his face and kissed him, when Vlad pulled back she was gone. 

"Vlad," Robin whispered, Vlad looked over to Robin standing in all white. 

"Robin?" Vlad asked as he tried to shield the sun from his eyes. "Is that you?" Robin zapped to another spot. 

"Vlad," Robin said as he zapped to another spot. "Over here."

Vlad noticed his hand was sizzling. "Ah!" He quickly dashed into the forest, out of the sun. 

"Vlad," Robin said, Vlad looked at him. "Vlad."

Then Vlad woke up.

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Back in Vlad's dream; he was backing up as an approaching thundering sound approached.

Robin appeared behind Vlad; he put a hand on his shoulder. "They're coming. " Creatures started to growl.

"Who's coming?" Vlad asked. 

Vlad woke up from his dream.

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Alice was upstairs, she was a bit frantic.

"Hurry up, you lot!" Mum called.

"Mum, have you seen my lucky earrings?" Alice asked as hurried down the stairs. 

"Right here," Mum answered as she held out her. "And your tie."

"Thanks, Mum" Alice breathed, she saw Vlad standing in the doorway. "Are you alright, Vlad?"

"You look tired," Mum added as Vlad rubbed his head.

"Go to bed early, that's my advice," Dad advised. "Bye, love." He kissed mum before heading out for work. Robin then showed up at the door as Alice was using the window reflection to put in her earrings. 

"Yeah, I know, I looked tired," Vlad said. "Something weird is happening."

"Something weird is always happening," Alice pointed out as she fixed her tie.

"This time I keep falling asleep and having this dream about the both of you," Vlad informed. Alice and Robin looked at each other. "We're in a forest and..." They looked back to see Ian, Paul, and Chloe standing in the doorway. 

"Freak," Ian and Paul breathed. 

"Stay away from my sister," Paul ordered Vlad as he walked through Vlad and Robin. 

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During woodshop class, everyone was working silently; they were making spoons. Alice glanced over to see that Vlad was falling asleep again. Van Helsing got up, he scraped chalk down the chalkboard; Vlad drifted back off into a dream.

"For centuries, oak has been the traditional choice of wood when building a coffin," Van Helsing announced. Vlad looked back to see his fellow classmates in black cloaks, they all looked up at him. He saw Alice sitting at the window of the classroom in the same black ball gown dress; Robin standing at a table in the back of the classroom. He noticed he wearing his normal cape. "Isn't that right, Vlad?" Van Helsing turned around, he growled revealing his fangs. He suddenly appeared in front of Vlad. "VLAD!"
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