Light And Shadows (Barnabas Collins x Reader)

Chapter 9- Unforgettable Night

"Five more minutes." Dr. Hoffman says walking into her office and going straight to a machine that is taking Barnabas blood and filtrating it. "This is a very silly play." She turns to see him watching an episode of Scooby-doo.

"Yeah, well it's the only station we get out here." She leans to get a closer look in the container where the blood is being stored. "How are we doing?"

"I do not feel as though I'm becoming more human as yet." He raises his hand to get look at them and not seeing anything changed.

She stands and walks behind him to put a reassuring hand on his shoulder. "Give it some time."

"Time, doctor, I have an unfortunate excess of." He says sadly.

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In Y/n's room, she is tossing and turning in her sleep due to a nightmare...or a memory.

A young Y/n is drawing while her parents watcher her with a look of love and adoration. Y/n stands up and hands her parents the drawing. They look at it, but their smiles drop when they see it's the same picture she has been drawing for a while now. Y/n smiles and talks about how she remembers the day and what she did, as if she was there and her parents looked worried.

Time pass and her parents watch with a worry look as a slightly older Y/n is carried off by men in white coats. She pleads, but no one moves as she is thrown into the car and it drives off as she press her face to the rear window, banging it to be let out.

Y/n darts awake, clutching her chest and it takes her awhile to figure out where she is. When she calms down she see Ghost Y/n hovering by the doorway. "Help me."

Y/n follows the ghost to the hallway and to see her again back on the chandler just like the night Victoria moved in. "Help me."

"Help you what." She whispers not trying to get the others attention. But Ghost Y/n performs her nightly swan dive off the chandelier without answering.

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The family is gathered for breakfast except for Dr.Hoffman, but everyone is use to it. Y/n is behind Carolyn finishing a hairstyle that Carolyn wanted to try.

"A what?" Elizabeth questioned.

"A ball. And a most splendid one." Barnabas repeats.

"A ball for who?" Elizabeth questions again since their is no one that comes in mind.

"For the entire town, of course."

Y/n finishes and goes to sit down next to Carolyn. "Don't you know the entire town kind of hates us?" Carolyn says giving Y/n a thank you look.

"Balls are demonstrations of power. Balls are how the ruling class remain the ruling class." Barnabas states.

"Exactly what I've been saying. This family could use some balls." Roger says not quiet understanding.

"To bad you don't have any Roger. And if you do, they aren't quiet that big." Y/n mocks Roger since he doesn't do much for the family. Roger glares at Y/n while the other gives him a sarcastic smile.

"The Collins family have always held the biggest and the most wonderful balls." Barnabas says, quiet not knowing what Roger meant.

Dr.Hoffman walks in and shield her eyes from the sunlight pouring in. "Jesus, can somebody shut the drapes?"

"You know, Barnabas has a point. It's about time we threw a little dough around. Show the peasants that we're back in action." Roger winks a Victoria while she shakes her head.