((Sorry Guys! Inktober took over my life, and then my birthday and I got sick for the last few weeks. But I'm back!... Again!))

They were still panting as the car screeched into the hotel driveway and when the doors opened they all practically fell out on top of each other, groaning.

"Well...that could've got better," Dennis said, brushing off his shirt and trying to fix his hair. Winnie fixed her dress and smiled reaching up and moving his hands out of the way fixing it for him.

"What's your Grandpa's problem Mavis?" Johnny asked as he rubbed his shoulder.

"My father is known for his hatred of humans, he would've stolen everyone's soul if we were there another minute," Drac said the only one seeming relatively unfazed.

Dennis looked at him. "What about you Papa?" He asked quietly. So much of his early childhood he remembered his grandpa fondly, but thinking about it, a lot of their time together seemed to be spent trying to make him into a vampire.

"What?" Drac asked, confused.

"Papa Drac...Do you hate Humans too?"

The atmosphere was so thick you could cut it with a knife. Everyone's eyes were on Dracula and he seemed frozen for a minute before he shook his head.

"No Dennis. I don't hate humans. I let your mother marry your father did I not?"

"Then why was so much of my the time we had together spent trying to turn me into a monster like you?" He asked.

"I just... I wanted you to..."

"Be like you?"

He sighed and nodded. "At first...and then I wanted you all to stay but... I... Dennis I was wrong. I realized after you left...You were perfect just the way you are. And I never should have tried to change you. Once I realized for sure you weren't coming back I couldn't stand living in this place with you you all... I missed you... Dennis, Mavis... Even Johnny and his backpack... And I'd messed it all up. I'm sorry."

Dennis looked at him and then at his mother who bit her lip.

"I'm sorry too Daddy... I left because I was livid...I was so upset that you'd put Dennis in danger and you'd had such an obsession with turning him into a monster. I left because I wanted him to be safe. And then he got his fangs. The night of his fifth birthday." She trailed off.

"Why didn't you come back Mavey?"

"Dad, I love you... I do but you've been treating me like a child my whole life. I needed some space, some room to breathe and grow. I was a parent but you still acted like I was five. You second guessed all my decisions and went behind my back and I felt like I couldn't make a decision about my own child. After a while that too faded and then it was just me not liking to admit that..." She sighed softly. "That...I was wrong. I know you were only trying to look out for me, that you did it all because you cared." She looked up at him, tears shining in her bright blue eyes. "I'm sorry Daddy."

Drac's eyes grew big and he rushed over giving his daughter a huge hug. "It's okay my little Blood Orange. I'm sorry too. I just wanted you safe and home. I didn't want to lose you. I'm sorry that I went too far."

Dennis smiled a bit. "We should head inside," He said as the sun started to peek over the horizon and Mavis and Dracula broke apart.

They crept in, expecting it to be quiet since it was so late, only to be shocked as there was the howl of many wolf pups and they all crowded around him sniffing excitedly.

"Okay okay hey hey! Alright! Enough. Wayne I see you've added to your brood," He said as he growled and got them all to sit. "Back to your mother." They ran off howling and growling.

Allison wandered over to Dennis and hugged him still a little shakey but looking much better. "Denny, is that him?" She asked her eyes wide and Drac looked over smiling.

"And who's this little cutie."

She smiled up at him. "I'm Allison! I'm Dennis's little sister!"

Drac took in her black hair with the red streak and brown eyes and obviously fanged mouth and smiled a bit painfully. "Why hello there. I'm Dracula...I'm your vampa."

"...Vampa?" She asked tilting her head.

"Vampire Grandpa come on Honey Bat, that was obvious," He said rather deadpan before blinking in shock as she rushed forward to hug him. He laughed and hugged her back looking up at Mavis. "She's so much like you."

After another hour of reintroductions and introductions, thanks to the wolf pups mainly, they were all settled in what used to be the ballroom.

"So... What're we doing here?" Dracula asked looking around at them all.

"I promised Dennis for his 18th birthday we would come see you," Mavis informed him. "I never thought you'd close the hotel... What've you been doing the last 13 years?"

"Well a few years after you left, I just couldn't...do it. I built this place for you, Mavey. To keep you safe. Without you in it no matter how many guests we had it always felt so empty. I stopped taking care of it anyway so I closed it down. I drifted for a bit but soon ended up at your Gramp's and I just stayed there taking care of him and the cave and his bat cronies."

"Why'd you cut us all out?" Frank asked.

Drac shrugged. "I didn't know how to be around anyone anymore. I was too...lost in my own head I suppose."

"Well...What now?" Dennis asked. "It doesn't seem like Great Grandpa Vlad is going to want to let you back after he found out about me and Dad. So what will you do?"

Drac shrugged. "I'll figure it out, I'm sure."

"Well... You could always reopen the hotel," Griffin suggested his glasses widening as he looked at Drac.

"What? No way," He said shaking his head. "No way no how."

"Why not?"

"It it's been years! This place is in total disrepair there's no way I could fix it up and I don't know that I could run it again."

"Come on man!" Frank said. "We all miss this place."

"Yeah, and who said you'd be fixing it up by yourself," Murray added.

"We're all here Drac, we can all help," Wayne said.

"Plus, We already started," Dennis informed him.

"You have? But why?"

"This place was such a hot spot, a place to be. It was so grand and full of life. I remember it all so well and I was only 5 when we left."

"Daddy this place was your life. I want you to have that again, for all of monster-kind and mankind to have that again," Mavis said softly. "So we've been picking up, cleaning up. We want to open it again."

Drac stared at her. "You do?"

She swallowed. "I still won't be living here Dad..." His slightly hopeful face fell. "But we will be visiting much more often."

A furry paw was suddenly on Dennis's hand and squeezing it. He turned to look at Winnie who seemed very distressed with the idea of them leaving. He felt his own heart give a squeeze and patted her paw reassuringly. He'd figure something out.

"Okay," Drac's voice pulled him from his thoughts. "Alright. Let's reopen the hotel."