The New Vampire in Town

chapter 6

Nofre was reading a fashion magazine, Grufftine was feeding her pet spider, Wren was sitting with Morty and Demetria, and Batoria was writing in her notebook. Demetria looked up at the ceiling. Nofre wished she were home so she could have servants to do what she asked them to, she would try to round up everybody against Demetria and downsize her, just because she was the new girl.

Wren had pulled her bootlace off and slid it up and down to play with Morty who was mewing wildly due to the playing. A familiar vampire bat was flying out the window as it passed the girls' room window. Demetria blinked, looking at it. The bat was Oskar and he seemed to be going into the village right now. Demetria wished she knew how to turn into a bat.

"Hey, why don't we have our own slumber party here?" Grufftine spoke up.

"Uhh, because slumber parties are for baby bats, brainless." Nofre scoffed.

Batoria glared at her. "Well, I still like slumber parties."

"Me too," Wren added in. "You don't have to come, Princess Stuffy."

"I never had a slumber party... Not even before..." Demetria trails off.

The other girls looked to her.

"Would you like to come to ours?" Gruffine offered to her with a friendly smile.

Demetria smiled softly, shyly. "If that's okay." she says softly.

"It's fine with us, never mind Nofre." Wren showed it was all okay.

Demetria smiled, happy again. Nofre rolled her eyes again and looked into her magazine.

"I never really had a good one before either," Wren whispered. "The mortal girls made me go to theirs and it was totally boring."

Demetria leaned against her friend. Wren smiled and sat with her comfy as she continued to play with Morty.

"Did you know I wasn't originally called Demetria?" She asks quietly.

"Huh?" Wren looked to her.

"Yeah, I was renamed when I was bitten." the new girl says, sounding almost overly calm.

"Oh," Wren sounded interested. "What's your real name?"

"It was Eileen..." Demetria says. "Eileen Bransky."

Nofre snorted and rolled her eyes again. "Eileen..."

"That name sounds like something a cat would be named, but I like it." Wren smiled friendly.

Demetria chuckled. "I can't go by that name again." she says.

"Understood, just don't call me 'Wrendolyn'." Wren said back, she hated that name, what was her mother thinking of calling her that?

Demetria promised. She itched her neck a little again. Wren smiled, then gently patted Demetria's arm. Demetria smiled, chuckling. 

There was another few hours until dinner. "So, what should we do?"

"Go to the beach and get a quick moon bathe?" Grufftine suggested.

"Play pranks on the boys?" Batoria grinned.

"Give each other makeovers, though none of you will be pretty as me?" Nofre added in, obnoxiously.

Demetria undid her hair, letting it flow over her shoulders, the tight braid had started to ache.

"Oh, your hair looks interesting down." Wren pointed with a smile.

Demetria blushed but smiled. "It gets in the way a lot." she says softly.

"I tried a braid once, it was a pain in the neck... Oops, sorry."

Demetria laughed weakly. Wren shrugged, then leaned back against her coffin. Demetria looked up at the ceiling again. Morty nuzzled gently against Demetria.

Demetria pet Morty. "Good kitty." she says, to keep up appearances.

Morty smiled at the girl, purring gently. 'My daughter is so lucky to have found a friend like you.'

Demetria smiled softly. 'I'm lucky to have her.' she says softly in her mind.

Later again, it was time for dinner. Everyone was in the cafeteria. Oskar opened the closed doors, looked around and shut the doors behind him nervously to make it seem like he didn't come in late.

"Nephew, where were you?" the Count asked, appearing right behind the young boy.

"Oh, umm... Out for some fresh air..." Oskar smiled to him nervously, then went to get dinner like the others.

Demetria kept an eye out for Oskar, her hair still down. Oskar went to eat like the others, having come up to Nestor and Fou for his meal. Demetria smiled at Oskar.

Oskar came around with his plate and looked to Demetria. "Evening, how are you tonight?"

Demetria smiled. "Fine, thank you, how are you?" She asks softly.

"Just fine," Oskar smiled at her very friendly. "Are you adjusting to school well?"

"Well, it's only my first day," she says softly. "But a lot of the people I met were nice." she says.

"Well, that's good," Oskar smiled, deciding to sit with her. "First days in a new place are always kinda scary."

Demetria smiled softly. Oskar smiled back, then started to eat his dinner burger. Demetria ate hers too.

Stoker had a wicked smirk as he dug into his suspenders pocket and took out a huge, ripe tomato and bit into it to let the juice drip and came in between Demetria and Oskar. "Hey, look, BLOOD!"

Oskar gasped suddenly and fainted through his seat.

"Oskar!" Grufftine glared at him.

Demetria fell off her chair too, looking queasy. She didn't quite faint but it was close.

"Oh, dear..." Grufftine saw that Demetria could faint too. "Stoker, how could you!?"

"Hey, it's only a tomato!" Stoker glanced in defense. "It's not my fault if our little vegetarian friends faint if they see a little juice!"

"Does anyone know how to wake them up?" Grufftine sounded worried for Oskar and Demetria.

"Come on, let's take them to the nurse." Wren suggested.