VLAD: Return of Dracula

Lilith

I walk up to the doors of the museum and I'm greeted instantly with a smile from my friend Eddie.

"Well if it isn't Ms. Bella swan herself."he says with a smirk as he folds his arms.

"Hi Eddie! Oh my god, I can't believe I'm here!"I say, bouncing up and down.

"I can't believe I'M here, imagine getting to watch your best friend's freaky ass dream come true."he says, bouncing with me and causing me to chuckle.

"Hey, the Van Helsing's only just let the world know that vampires are a thing, and vampires are like my favorite thing, this is literally the perfect place for me."I say as we walk up the steps and into the large museum.

"For you, exactly. I don't know why you had to bring me along."Eddie chuckles.

"For emotional support."she says as she walks up to the front desk.

"Hello! It's my first day, and I'm replacing the historian."I say excitedly.

She looks over at a book with multiple sticky notes on it.

"Lilith?"she questions.

"Yep."I smile.

"Alright, I'm supposed to take you to meet Mr. Van Helsing."she says as she stands.

"What? I get to meet him? Like right now?"I ask, glancing at Eddie.

"It appears so. Try not to fan girl all over him alright."Eddie says as the receptionist walks over to me.

"Right this way."she smiles a red lipped smile as she begins walking ahead of me.

I follow behind her, leaving Eddie.

"Good luck! I'm gonna look around."he says after me.

.....

The elevator doors open and the receptionist steps out before I do. I notice we were heading to a dark red door at the end of the hallway.

Once we get there she knocks before opening the door slightly.

"Mr. Van Helsing, your new historian is here."she says.

"Send her in."a male voice responds.

She steps aside and smiles at me as she opens the door.

"Ms. Lilith, Mr. Evan Van Helsing."

I step into the room, seeing a tall man in a suit sipping red wine at his desk as he was signing some papers.

"Thank you Layla."he says.

She nods and then begins walking away.

"Ms. Kern, please come in."he says before sitting down his pen.

"Hello Mr. Van Helsing. I-i'm a big fan of what you and your family have done."I say as I walk over to him.

He sits up, finally looking at me with an attractive smile.

But suddenly his smile fades.

"Is something wrong?"I question.

He doesn't respond for a bit but then clears his throat.

"You're a little young for vampire historian eh."he chuckles as he stands.

"Oh, well I started before the world knew about vampires. It's always been a fascination of mine."I say as he walks over to me, offering a handshake.

"Well, i-its nice to see another devoted mind. Um, let's go for the tour shall we?"he says as I shake his hand.

.....

"This section is our collection of fangs."Evan says as we stop before a glass case where there were several different varieties of human looking teeth.

"As you may know, there are several different varieties of vampires across the world. These were collected in the horn of Africa, notice how unlike the northern American vampire fangs where there are only 4 venom producing fangs, all of the teeth here have a venom gland."he says, leaning down at the case.

"And these ones here, they were collected in Alaska. Can you believe that? Vampires are casually in Alaska."

"That's very Fascinating Mr. Van Helsing."I say as we walk past the display.

"Do you have any questions over what we saw Ms. Kern?"he asks as we near the exit of the building.

"Yes actually, I didn't see any displays about Dracula. I mean, I feel like he's an important part of vampire histo-"I was cut off by bumping into him as he had stopped walking.

He turns around to face me and has a stern look on his face.

"... Dracula is a myth, Ms. Kern."he says.

"A myth? But my books-"

"Your books are wrong. When you think of Vlad Dracula, your books are referring to Vlad the impaler."he says.

".. really?"I say, my eyes sad.

"I can assure you, as a Van Helsing, there is no such thing as Vlad Dracula. Vampirism wasn't started by one man. It was a disease that started from a fungus. Nothing more."he says before turning and walking back towards the exit.

I sigh, following after him as he holds the door open for me.

.....

"It was a pleasure getting aquatinted with you, Ms. Kern."He says, offering me a handshake.

I firmly shake his hand and smile.

"I feel the same way sir. I'll see you tomorrow."I smile.

"Bright and early. Our first touring hour is 7am."he says, handing me a set of keys.

"I'll be here sir."I say excitedly.