Jonathan POV

I walked through the castle, I was thinking really hard and couldn't find a solution. Today was Mavis's and my first anniversary. I couldn't believe we had already been together a year. I was on the verge of tearing my hair out, normally I would just roll with it. Easily pick out a gift, sing a song or something like that.

This was different, this was Mavis. I couldn't just do my usual thing, I had to do this on a whole new level, I had to think...well, straight from my heart. The bad thing was is that today is also Mavis's birthday. This year no one was making a big deal of it like they usually would, surprising especially for Dracula, her dad.

I had spent all night thinking about it, I woke up when the sun set and hadn't stopped thinking about it. Since Mavis couldn't really do anything when the sun was out I kinda got into the routine of sleeping when the suns out, just like she did.

Mavis was right outside my room with a very serious look when I got up, I could already tell she hadn't forgotten about our anniversary. She also looked nervous for some reason, I told her happy anniversary but that didn't get rid of her nervousness. My first thought was that she was probably thinking I wouldn't like what she had planned to give me, but something told me that wasn't it. I knew Mavis almost as much as I knew myself, but she knew what she was giving me already. I didn't know what I was getting her.

"Jonathan" I heard Dracula yell.

I looked over at him as I realized where I was, I was in the lobby, I guess you could call it that.

Dracula was standing in the middle of the room, with Frankenstein next to him.

"come over here" Frankenstein yelled.

I walked over to them, still thinking what to get Mavis. I felt like I wanted to just punch something, there was nothing that felt good enough to get Mavis and it drove me crazy.

"you don't seem like yourself today" Dracula said.

"is it that obvious" I said sarcastically.

Frankenstein and Dracula looked at each other for a few seconds.

"is it because its been a year?" Dracula asked.

"yeah" I said simply.

"wait, a year for what?" Frankenstein asked.

"Mavis's and his anniversary" Dracula said.

Frankenstein got a big smile, and patted me on the back, hard.

"some guys wouldn't remember something like that, you are one of the lucky ones. You remember without having the habit of remembering pounded into you" Frankenstein said, before walking off.

I looked at the floor, somehow more ashamed then I was before.

"at least there's that, that will make Mavis happy" I said sadly.

"this is strange to me, you of all people not knowing what to get someone. Just last week you got martin a book on how to get kids to listen to him, which worked out fairly good. You got Big foot into Disney Land on Halloween, which I still cant believe. So why is it you can't think of what to get now?" Dracula asked.

I thought about lying, lying sounded better then telling about my shame, but this was Dracula. I was closer to him then anyone here, besides Mavis of course.

"its not the same with everyone else, with them I can just throw something together in the blink of an eye, sometimes I can do that with Mavis as well. But this is our anniversary, this is totally different" I said.

I was pacing back on forth waving my hands in the air as I explained. I was angry, at myself. Mavis was my whole world and I couldn't even get her a gift on our anniversary.

"i mean, if it were big foot or the invisible man or even you it would just be a piece of cake for me to think of something in a flash. But when it comes to Mavis, I am totally unprepared for something that important, WHATS WRONG WITH ME" I said.

Everyone was staring at me, I didn't care, I just kept pacing back and forth frantically.

"my boy, come with me" Dracula said.

Dracula grabbed my arm and pulled me up the stairs and into the hallway.

"where are we going?" I asked.

Dracula suddenly pushed me into his room and closed the door, all the candles quickly lit on their own. Dracula just smiled at me.

"what is going on Drac?" I asked, worried.

Dracula went to the wall next to his window, the one he likes to talk out of with his hand raised high while the moon shines on him. He pushed one of the stones and a small door opened up just above the stone he pushed. He reached in and pulled something out and closed the secret compartment in the wall.

Dracula walked over to me and held out the thing he pulled out of the secret compartment. It was a small necklace, it had a picture in the middle of it. I couldn't make out the picture but I knew that a vampire could with their enhanced eye sight.

The necklace was a silver chain, with a golden pendant shaped like a heart, the picture had very tiny words written around it that I couldn't read.

"this is for Mavis, I made it for her. The picture is of all of us together, you cant see it but its the one where you got us to go to California and we went to the beach. The words say this, love is the best gift that can ever be given and received. No gift can amount to the love that two people share. Cherish the gift that your heart cares the most for, because you will never receive anything better" Dracula said.

The necklace was a great gift, but I was still wondering why Dracula was showing me this.

"whats this got to do with my problem?" I asked.

Dracula put a hand on my shoulder.

"no matter what you get Mavis, she will not care as long as she has you. The fact that you get so stressed out just picking a gift for her proves that you care more for her then you do anyone or anything else in your life. I don't think you even need to get her a gift, not a material one like I'm giving her at least. Just spend the rest of the night with her, you have just over seven hours left, I know you can make those hours the best of her life" Dracula said.

Dracula put the necklace back and walked to the door, he looked back at me and smiled before leaving the room.

I thought about what Dracula told me, he was right. I didn't have to get her something like a necklace, clothing or something that was of material nature. I could just spend the night with her, make her night the best that it could be, making her smile and laugh more then she thought possible.

I looked at the suit of armor standing by the wall.

"do you know where Mavis is?" I asked.

"yes, she is in her room" the suit said.

"THANKS" I yelled while running out of the room.

I ran all the way to Mavis's room, I stopped and tried to catch my breathe in front of the door.

"oooooooooohhhhhhh, well look who's in a hurry to see his sweet heart" the shrunken head whispered.

I knocked on the door.

"Mavis?" I said.

"come in" Mavis said.

I opened the door and walked in, closing the door behind me. I felt a gust of wind and a second later something was put over my eyes, blinding me.

"ok Mavis, what is this?" I asked, getting excited a bit.

"just promise you wont freak out or anything" Mavis said.

I noticed that she sounded worried, I couldn't help but smile. Her being worried told me she had put a lot of thought into her gift and she was afraid that I wouldn't like it.

"i promise, besides what is there to freak out about?" I asked, jokingly.

I heard Mavis sigh and step back from me a couple of steps.

"you can remove blind fold" Mavis said.

I removed the blind fold, dropped it on the floor and opened my eyes. My smile went away instantly as shock took over. Standing in front of me was Mavis, only thing was, she was naked. I couldn't think, I couldn't do anything but stare. I was totally unprepared for this.

Mavis had her arms behind her back and one leg was behind the other as she looked at the ground. I could tell she was scared, she was, after all, completely naked in front of me.

"Jonathan?" Mavis asked.

I stood frozen, amazement had replaced my shock. Mavis was beautiful, I was pulled into reality as Mavis turned into a bat.

"i knew I shouldn't of done this" Mavis said, crying and flying towards the window.

I ran over and shut the window before she could fly out of it, she looked at me in surprise then flew over to her dresser and sat on it. She started crying into her wings.

"Mavis" I said.

"what?" Mavis asked through tears.

My heart was racing, I had dreamed of seeing Mavis like that but I had never thought that something like this would happen this early in our relationship.

"could you change back?" I asked.

"why?" Mavis asked, looking at me.

I walked over to her and got eye level with her. I couldn't stop my heart from beating so fast.

"because you were beautiful" I said.

Mavis seemed surprised, she looked into my eyes. Her eyes seemed to be searching my own.

"really?" Mavis asked, she had stopped crying but the tears remained.

I stroked her chin with one finger.

"yeah, more beautiful then I could ever have imagined" I said.

Mavis closed her eyes as she started crying again, but her smile told me they were tears of happiness. I stepped back a bit to give Mavis some room, she changed back. She was still sitting on her dresser, which somehow made her more beautiful, which seemed impossible. I admired every bit of her I could, I walked over and looked into her eyes and she looked into mine, crying with that beautiful smile.

"you really think so?" Mavis asked.

I put a hand on her cheek.

"i know so" I said.

As my lips met hers something told me that she knew my words were true. I pulled back, despite how good the kiss was, and looked into her eyes again.

"i was so worried" Mavis said.

"why?" I asked.

"i was afraid you wouldn't like what you saw" Mavis said.

I couldn't help but chuckle.

"how could I not" I said.

Mavis smiled and closed her eyes as I ran my hand through her hair. This was definitely an awesome gift, but like Dracula said, this was not the best gift. Mavis was, just being with her.

"you know, you didn't have to do this to make me happy. I'm happy as can be just being with you" I said.

Mavis looked at me and bit her lip, she seemed to be debating something.

"what?" I asked.

"this isn't all I had planned" Mavis said.

I was confused now, what else could she possibly have planned. I mean she was naked, so what was after that?

"what do you mean? Do you want me to draw you, paint you or what?" I asked.

Mavis started to get nervous again, she was looking all over the room and her hands were fidgeting.

"I was wondering if you...you know...wanted to umm...have uhh...well" Mavis said, motioning towards the bed.

My eyes widened, my heart, breathing and time stopped as the realization hit. This was a dream I didn't think would happen until after Mavis and I were married. My mind raced for an answer. Only one answer seemed logical, and when I said my answer, I wasn't prepared for what happened next.