Disclaimer: Nope, I still don't own Duckula... (I know... 'o' can you believe this?)

Word Count: 750 (Short, but tis but the margarine on the sandwich, keeping it all stuck together)

A/n: Written by the light of 8 candles, with incense to invoke my creative juices and a heater to feel more comfortable, all these things together make me able to be apart of this chapter whilst I am writing it, but hopefully you won't need to go to so much effort to be able to read it ;)

Chapter 2:

Adversary

In the Transylvanian foothills the air was full with horrible wailing coming from the dreaded castle, deep within the castle a horrific scene was being played out.

'Oo help! Save us!' Nanny was backed against the corner of the dinning room, her attention focused fully on the creature at the center of the room, screaming and yelling for someone to come to her aid.

'Nanny?' Count Duckula asked appearing in the doorway holding a half eaten broccoli sandwich.

'Oh Master Duckula! Help!'

'What's the matter?'

'It's big and black and nasty and horrible!' she cried.

'What is?' Duckula asked.

'That!' Nanny said pointing.

Duckula looked, Nanny was pointing at a large spider that was descending from the ceiling on a barely visible thread 'Oh come on Nanny.' Duckula said patiently 'it's just a spider, the castle is practically full to the turrets with them.' He said holding out his hands as he spoke, 'You do the cobwebbing daily, you see spiders all the time, you haven't had a problem before.'

'This one's different Duckyboos.'

'Really? How?'

'It's... it's... big!'

Duckula rolled his eyes and looked back to the spider which had now finished descending 'Er... yeah, I see what you mean Nanny, it is kinda-' the spider scuttled towards the door and Duckula cut himself off by screaming 'Ah! Igor! Igor!' he instinctively fled to Nanny's side where he clung to her for some form of protection.

A few moments later Igor arrived, 'You screamed Milord?' he droned.

'Yes! Igor!' Duckula continued yelling, 'Get rid of it.' He finished in a whimper pointing to the spider that was considerably confused by the situation.

Igor looked to the spider and shook his head in dismay 'yes Milord.' He sighed, he reached into his inside pocket and pulled out a newspaper, he lowered the paper in front of the spider and the spider climbed up, Igor slowly lifted the paper up and turned to leave, he glanced over to Duckula 'Was there anything else Milord?' he asked casually.

'Er, no, not right now Igor.' Duckula said recovering and letting go of Nanny, feeling slightly embarrassed by his behaviour.

'Very well Milord, I will relocate the spider.'

'Yes, you do that Igor, preferably to somewhere out of the way...' Duckula said stepping into the center of the room 'of me and Nanny at least.'

'I shall endeavour to find a place for him Milord.'

'Good.'

Igor left and Duckula frowned looking at the broccoli sandwich he'd dropped when he had... er... decided to give the spider space.

'What a waste of a perfectly good broccoli sandwich, and I'm still hungry! Ah well.' He looked to Nanny 'Nanny.'

'Yes Duckyboos?'

'I think it's lunchtime.'

Duckula sat at the dinning room table eating a large plate of vegetables.

'Ah Igor!' Duckula said looking up from his plate his mouth full of food, Igor's expression of utter disappointment made the Count put his fork down and swallow hard 'Alright Igor, out with it! What've I done wrong this time?'

'Wrong Milord? Hardly wrong, but a duck of your standing should be able to keep his composure when confronted with such a small adversary.'

'Adversary?'

'The spider, Milord!' Igor said 'and what's more you should be able to find it in yourself to handle such matters.'

'Igor...' Duckula said coolly 'need I remind you that I am a Count?'

'No Milord.' Igor said quietly.

'I am a Count!' Duckula said with a tone of authority, he'd prepared this argument while he was waiting for Nanny to fix him some food, and he wasn't about to leave this topic open for another day's argument 'And vampire I may be...' he paused 'vegetarian vampire, I may be.' He corrected 'but first and foremost: I am a Count, and as a Count I do not have to take care of my own spiders, that's what I have you for.' He said folding his arms with an air of smug finality.

'But you will have to one day Master; I can't take care of them all.' Igor replied.

'Just the ones that bother me.' Duckula said reasonably.

'But they shouldn't Milord, after all, vampires and spiders share quite a common ground.'

'Igor! I'm a vegetarian, and I am not going to socialise with spiders! Now is that perfectly clear?'

Igor growled.

'Igor?' Duckula growled.

'Yes Milord, quite clear.' Igor said sounding defeated.

'Good.'

A/n: and with that, I should probably get a bit of rest, and then I can write chapter three, until then, good night.