Blair Vladusky and the truth about her life

Chapter Seventeen: Nearing Vladimir's house

Two hours in the car......God! So boring! At least I have music. I look over at my brother to see his eyes are closed. I smile slightly, thinking to myself: Lestat looks cute when he's asleep. He looks like the little boy I keep seeing in my memories of when I was a child. I crawl over to him and curl up beside him, putting my head in his lap. I close my eyes as I feel his arm go around me and hold me close. I smile and tune out for the rest of the ride

An hour later....

Blair? Imoto, wake up. We're here." I hear Lestat say faintly. I could feel someone shaking my arm lightly and I open my eyes. I look into his and yawn. I sit up and rub my eyes. The son I had put on two hours ago was still playing. I pick up the iPod from where it had falled to the hearse floor and look at it. Oh! so I had the song on repeat. That's why it's still going! I think to myself. "Blair?" I hear Lestat ask again. "Hmm?" I answer, yawning again. "Come on. We're at Dad's house. Time to get out of the car." Lestat tells me, gently brushing hair from my face. I turn my eyes to him and I see that he had been crying. "Lestat?" I ask, unnerved by the sight of puffy eyes on my brother. "Yeah? What is it?" Lestat asks me. "You were crying, weren't you? Why?" I ask, taking off my headphones and putting them around my neck and putting the iPod in my pocket. I watch at Lestat looks away. "What? What's wrong, Lestat?" I ask him, worried. "Did something happen to Daddy? Or Sebastian?" I ask, scared for my father and my fiancé. "No....Nothing happened to Dad. It's actually something that Dad's done....I think you should come out and see for yourself. I want you to know, first, that I love you and so does Dad." Lestat tells me, hugging me. "Okay.....Now, I'm scared." I say, hugging him back. He opens the door and gets out of the car. I follow him and gasp at what's in front of me. Or, more precisely, who's in front of me. "Evan? Sky? Raven? What are you guys doing here?" I ask, shocked to see my old friends. Then, I notice that there were fang marks on their necks and their eyes were red. "No...." I whisper, the truth finally hitting me. "WHO DID THIS!" I scream, tears coming to my eyes. "Blair....My daughter!" I hear my father say. I whirl towards him to see blood on his lips. "YOU BASTARD! HOW COULD YOU?!" I scream at him, tears falling down my face. "Don't you use that kind of language with me, young lady." My father snarls at me. "I'll use whatever fucking language I want to use! How could you turn my friends into vampires!? THEY DIDN'T WANT THAT!" I scream at him, getting angry and feeling betrayed. "Blair....They attacked me. Would you rather have them dead?" He asks me. "YES! I'D RATHER THEY WERE DEAD! I DON'T WANT THEM UNDER YOUR CONTROL!" I scream at him, falling to my knees. "My daughter...." My father begins, walking towards me. "DON'T YOU TOUCH ME! YOU BETRAYED ME!" I yell, jumping away from him. "How did I betray you?" He asks me, his voice strained. "You turned my friends!" I yell, looking at Evan, Raven, and Sky. "Blair...It's okay. Now, we can all be together. You and I can be back together." Evan says, walking towards me. I look up at him with tears streaming down my face and say, "No, Evan. You and I can't be back together because I'm engaged. The reason I came here today was to get my father's blessing to let me get married to Sebastian." I tell him, crying silently. He lifts a hand to my cheek and wipes away the tears. "You mean the tall, brown haired one?" Evan asks me. I nod my head, wondering where Sebastian could be. "He's dead. He arrived an hour before you and asked your father for his blessing. Your father....he got angry and killed him. He told Sebastian, before he killed him, that you weren't going to get married to a servant vampire." Evan tells me, wrapping his arms around me. My eyes grow wide and my knees give out from under me. If Evan's arms hadn't been around me, I would have collapsed to the ground. "He's d-dead?No..." I whisper, tears welling up even more. "I'm sorry, daughter, but it's true. I killed Sebastian because you were not going to marry a servant vampire." My father tells me. My gaze snaps to his and he freezes. My body starts shaking violently and I push Evan away. I feel pain between my shoulder blades and my fangs grow longer and pointed. I scream in rage and I hear the sound of my shirt ripping as wings grow out of my back. "YOU BASTARD! HOW COULD YOU KILL THE ONE I LOVED?!" I scream, my eyes going fully red. I launch myself at him and knock him to the ground, my hands around his throat. "I'LL KILL YOU!" I scream, tightening my grip. "BLAIR! GET OFF HIM!" i hear Lestat yell at me, but I don't respond. I'm too angry to talk and listen to reason. I tighten my hold even more. Next thing I know, I'm flying backwards and my back hits a tree and I slide to the ground. I rapidly blink my eyes and the red fades. My fangs begin to shrink back to their normal size and the wings disappear. "Wh-What happened?" I ask, holding my head due to it throbbing. "You were going to kill Father!" Lestat shouts at me. My head whips up at his harsh tone and I see what I believe to be hate in his eyes. My own eyes fill with tears and I stand up and begin backing away from them all. "I-I'm sorry......I d-don't know what came over me." I stutter, still backing away. "Blair....Come here." I hear Lestat call to me. I shake my head and, turning, take off away from my father's house. "BLAIR! WAIT!" I hear someone shout after me. I don't stop, I keep running, tears silently streaming down my face. No! I can't go back there! I can't! I nearly killed my only parent! I'm a monster! What kind of daughter attacks and almost kills her own father!? I scream in my head, still running. I don't know where I'm going. All I know is that I'm not going back to my father's or Lestat's. I can't go there ever again. I'm a monster. When I was sure I had put enough distance from me and the others, I slow down and take a look around. I wipe the tears from my eyes and sniff, even as more tears fall. I collapse to my knees and sob my Undead heart out. For Sebastian and for my father. I hear leaves and twigs snapping behind me and I get up and take off again. This time, I don't even get far enough away when I'm flat on my stomach with someone on top of me, holding me down. I begin to struggle and they put more weight on me. "GET OFF ME!" I scream, trying to break free. "Blair...Stop! Let me help you!" I hear Evan say. "No! GET OFF ME! I can't go back there or to my brother's house! My family hates me now! I saw it in Lestat's eyes!" I sob, still trying to get free. "They don't hate you, Blair. They could never hate you. Just like Sky and I couldn't hate you when we found out you were born a vampire. And Blair? We didn't attack your father. We came to him and asked him to turn us. That way, we could all be together again." Evan tells me, still holding me down. I stop struggling and bury my face in my arms. I feel Evan get up and pick me up and hold me in his arms. I bury my face against his shoulder and cry, for Sebastian mostly, but also that he, Sky, and Raven would give up their humanity just so they could be with me. "Did you guys really go to my father and ask to be turned? So you could be with me?" I ask him, my voice muffled by his shirt. I feel him slip a hand under my chin and lift my head to look at him. He presses his lips to mine and kisses me softly. "Yes, we did, Blair. We love you and we want to stay with you." He murmurs against my mouth. I cling to him, still crying. He kisses me more, deepening the kiss gradually. He pulls back and looks into my eyes. "Blair...Come back to me....Sebastian's gone, but I'm still here. I still want you, Blair. Come back to me, please." He murmurs to me, looking deep into my eyes. "I......I......yes." I finally say, clinging to him even more. He buries his face against my neck and kisses it. I feel him start to walk back to where we came from and I jerk. "It's okay. They don't hate you, Blair. Your father and brother are the ones who sent me to come after you. They don't want you to leave. They still love you, Blair." He murmurs in my ear. "Then why did I see hate in my brother's eyes?" I ask him, squeezing my eyes shut tightly. "You didn't. You saw concern. You mistook it for hate. It wasn't hate, Blair. Your brother could never hate you. Neither could your father. He understands why you got so angry. He killed the one you loved. He wants you to forgive him. He was weeping when I left to come after you, my love." Evan whispers to me, still walking back. "A-Are you sure?" I ask him, terrified that he's lying to me. "I'm sure, Blair. I'm sure. Your brother was also crying when I left. They're upset that you left, Blair. They thought they were going to lose you again, this time forever." Evan tells me. "I was leaving. For good. I wasn't going to go back to Lestat's for my things and I wasn't going to go back to Father's. I couldn't stand to know that they hated me now." I tell him, burying my face against his shirt again. "BLAIR!" I hear someone shout. I look up to see Lestat running towards me. Evan sets me on my feet and I stare at the ground, afraid that Lestat was angry with me. I feel arms go around me and I look back up. Lestat was holding me close. "Don't ever do that again! Do you hear!? You had me and father so scared." Lestat cries, holding me closer. "I'm sorry, Lestat....."I tell him, tears welling up again. "Where's father?" I ask, holding Lestat back. "He's inside.....The doctor's with him. Blair.....He had a heart attack right after you took off. He was so scared that you were leaving forever." Lestat tells me, pulling away. I gasp. "I need to see him! Now!" I cry, tears streaming down my face. Lestat nods and, grabbing my hand, races inside. "Daddy!" I cry, looking at my father, who was lying on the couch, his face very pale. "Daddy! Daddy! Wake up! Please!" I sob, kneeling beside him and taking his hand in mine. His eyes were closed and he's barely breathing. "Daddy! Please!" I sob even more. "Are you Blair Vladusky?" I hear someone ask me. I turn my head and nod. "Yes, I am. Who are you?" I ask, tears streaming down my face even more. "My name's Nick. I'm the doctor. Your father is having trouble with his heart. He needs blood. Fresh blood. It can be from a human or a vampire. I recommend that he get blood from one of his children." Nick tells me, putting his hand on my shoulder. I nod and slice my wrist and put it to my father's mouth. "Drink, Daddy. Please drink. I can't lose you. You're my only father. My only parent left! Please drink so you can live, Daddy! I need you!" I tell him, pressing my wrist to his mouth even more. I feel him latch onto it and start drinking. I smile through my tears as I feel him do this. Thank God! He's feeding, which means he's alive! I think to myself, relieved. My father finishes feeding and lets go of my wrist. I begin to stroke his hair. "D-Daddy?" I ask, scared. He opens his eyes a bit. "B-Blair? Y-You came back." He whispers, smiling faintly at me. I give a cry of relief and I throw my arms around him and sob. "Daddy! I'm sorry! I'm so sorry! I didn't mean to hurt you! I didn't mean to yell at you either! Please forgive me!" I sob into his chest. He strokes my hair and holds me close. "Ssh, my darling. Ssh baby girl. I forgive you. It's okay. Ssh." He whispers, comforting me. I keep sobbing, holding onto him despite him being weak from a heart attack. "Daddy..." I whisper, still holding onto him, burying my face against his chest. I feel him kiss the top of my head and pull back. I look into his eyes with tears streaming from mine. He wipes them away and kisses my forehead. "Don't cry, baby girl. I'm okay now, thanks to you and your blood. Don't be upset anymore, my darling. Please." My father whispers to me, looking into my eyes. "I should never have said those things to you. I should never have attacked you. I'm the worst daughter in the world!" I cry, sniffling. "No, no, no. Of course you're not. You're the best daughter in the world and I'm glad you're my daughter. I couldn't imagine life without having you as my daughter, Blair. I'm proud to be your father. And I'm so proud of what you did today. You tapped into your full powers. Now, you can call on those powers whenever you need them." He tells me. "R-Really? Even after I attacked you, you still want me as your daughter?" I ask him, my eyes wide. He nods his head and says, "Yes, even after you attacked me, I still want you as my daughter. We are family. I will always want you as my daughter." He whispers to me, stroking my cheek. I lean into his touch and close my eyes. "I love you, Daddy." I whisper to him. "And I love you, Blair." He whispers back to me. "Come and lay with me. I'm still feeling weak. Lestat? I will bring Blair back to your house tomorrow." My father tells my brother, pulling me onto the couch with him and holding me close. I curl up on his side and lay my head on his chest. "Of course, Dad. Blair? Be good." Lestat whispers to me, kissing me on my cheek. "I will, Lestat." I whisper back, yawning. I snuggle closer to my father and close my eyes. "Goodbye Dad, Blair." Lestat says. "Goodbye brother." "Goodbye Lestat." My father and I say together. My father wraps his arms around me and I fall asleep.