Hotel Transylvania: The Aftermath

chapter 20

We Are Hotel Transylvania

The door to Count Dracula's chamber was open. The curtain that once covered the great painting hanging on the wall had been torn down. Both Draculas could been seen, as if they were standing proud over the room. Dracula himself looked at the painting, this time with a smile on his face. There was no shame in his heart when he saw it now.

"Drac, everyone's ready." Frank called into his chamber.

With the flick of his cape, he joined him.

"Then we better not keep them waiting."

The whole gang was together in the main lobby. Three weeks had passed yet it still felt like less than three minutes. What had happened would never leave them, but now a bright future was ahead of them. The town was already being reconstructed with the help of many of the Monsters who had volunteered. This act had helped bring Humans and the Monsters of Transylvania closer together. Though they had both lost much, they were not alone anymore.

"We forget him. We move on. Today, it's the start of a new life." Dracula told them.

They made their way to the hearse outside. Where they were going was still a secret to Dracula.

"Just relax and let me do the driving." Griffin grabbed the wheel.

The silence felt like bliss in the midnight air. The world flew by, free of the evil they had destroyed. The hybrids that had survived had a chance to make something of their new life. They were the embodiment of what Jeremiah could have been, a link between worlds as it were. Many of them had sought refuge at the hotel, ready to find a new purpose, others had gone back to their homelands. Either way, they were welcome in Dracula's eyes.

"I can see them!" Mavis pointed out of the window.

From above the scaffold covered houses, Dracula could see a Ferris wheel.

"What is this?" Dracula asked them.

Johnny explained.

"Every year, the town holds a carnival to remember how it rose again from the destruction the 'storm' caused in it's past. This year's is special. This year, we're celebrating how you destroyed it Drac."

He felt honoured, yet guilty.

"Many people died because of the hate between me and Eustice." He said.

"Dad, you saved them. You're their guest of honour."

Dracula didn't feel like a hero.

"We saved them. I wasn't alone. You were all brave."

"We know that, but you were the one who lead us. Now stop being a drama queen and celebrate for once, dammit!" Johnny scolded him.

He looked at Johnny with a scheming glare.

The hearse was met with a cheer upon their arrival. Many of the town's citizens had dressed up in Monster costumes again. They had mannequins and displays of the different Monsters.

"Carnival? Are you sure this isn't some kind of Monster sacrifice?" The Count was hesitant to join them.

The group laughed.

"I'm serious!" He answered.

"Drac, just have fun." Johnny pushed him forward towards the crowd.

"Dracula! Dracula!" They chanted.

"Welcome back, bleh, bleh, bleh." One familiar man welcomed him.

"By the Devil's unholy nostrils, I don't say bleh, bleh, bleh!" He shouted.