Chapter 12: Batty And Proud

Emily giggled as she flew around the house in her bat form, quietly going into the kitchen to try and sneak up on Remy and slip inside his rib cage, but just as she began to fly closer, the skeleton chef turned and smirked. "Not so fast, chere," he said with a chuckle, catching her and tickling her stomach in her bat form.

Giggling, Emily transformed back to her human form, to which Remy tickled her stomach a bit faster, making her laugh. "Cootchie, cootchie, coo! Tickle, tickle, tickle, chere," he cooed.

Laughing harder, the little girl managed to catch his hands, making him chuckle again. "How are your vampire lessons going, little one?" He asked.

"Good," she said before transforming into a bat and giggling. "Look how high I can fly!"

Remy smiled as he watched the girl fly around the chandelier. "Just be careful you don't crash into anything," he said gently.

She flew around a bit more before focusing her telekinesis, which was a new power her parents had been teaching her, on the skeleton's chef hat and he let out a surprised gasp before grabbing onto the hat. "Ay!" He exclaimed.

Emily giggled before successfully sneaking into his rib cage and gently flapping her wings, making Remy yelp and fall to the floor laughing.

"AHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA! CHERE! NOHOHOHOHOHOHOT THE RIHIHIHIHIHIBS!" He pleaded.

The little one only giggled. "Why? I thought skeletons enjoyed a good rib tickling," she said.

Remy howled with laughter before managing to reach into his rib cage and gently catch the small bat before hearing her giggle again. "How was that, Demi?" She asked.

The blue ghost popped out from his hiding spot. "Superb!" He said. "A well-delivered pun!"

"Ay, one of you pulling puns is bad enough, Demi," Remy said without heat.

Emily flew up to the ceiling and transformed to her human form, now walking carefully on the ceiling. "I can't wait to show Uncle Dracula what I can do!" She said eagerly.

Ever since the Stemwrithe's defeat, Oxana and Boris invited Dracula to come visit whenever he liked, something Emily was excited about. King Pepi also visited a bit and was currently in one of the guest rooms as the battle with the Stemwrithes had done some damage to the museum and was being fixed along with the remodeling.

Rachel, who was visiting with Count Noir and Sol, was speaking with the mummy king now as they were all heading downstairs. "I'm not going to lie, seeing you looking angry and your eyes glowing like that frightened me a bit," the blonde-haired girl said.

"Sorry about that," King Pepi said apologetically. "I just don't like it when someone tries to hurt a member of my family."

"Believe us, we know the feeling," Count Noir said. "We've had to deal with someone trying to hurt our Rachel."

"And we've scared him off every time," Sol said, his eyes flashing a dark blue. "You'd think he would have learned by now."

Rachel shrugged. "He's a dummy and dummies often don't learn," she said.

King Pepi looked at her with a smile. "So, these guys don't let you date?" He asked.

"Nope," she said. "They've scared off any guy that comes near me, granted the guys that have tried to ask me out are ones I've never liked."

"On top of us being protective of you," Count Noir said with a chuckle.

"Too overprotective," Rachel said without heat.

"Because we love you," Sol said with a smile, giving the girl a brotherly hug.

They entered the kitchen to see Chef Remy cooking some dinner and watching Emily, who was walking around on the ceiling. Spotting them, the little girl grinned. "Look what I can do!" She said excitedly before running very fast along the ceiling, snatching Remy's chef hat and Bonetop's stovepipe hat as the dark-boned skeleton came up behind Sol.

"Hey!" He exclaimed in surprise before chuckling and looking up. "Seems my hat grew wings."

Rachel laughed, as did Vampirina, who had seen everything. Emily was giggling too and she returned the hats to their proper owners. "Sneaky little chere," Chef Remy said with a gentle smile to show he knew she was only playing.

"And quick too," Bonetop said with a grin. "Just like her family."

Oxana and Boris chuckled as they came in, Boris catching Emily as she giggled and jumped down from the ceiling to him. She hugged her father happily. "I'm glad to be part of this family," she said.

"We are too, Emily," Boris said with a smile.

"Especially now that you don't have to worry about anyone trying to come between you all," Rachel said, smiling too.

"Yes, that is a relief," Oxana said before smiling at the young girl. "Rachel, we can't thank you and your family enough for all their help."

"We were happy to help, Oxana," the blonde-haired girl said.

"Yes," Count Noir said.

"We'd do anything for family and friends," Sol said with a nod.

"And protect those that we love and care about," said Bonetop.

Vampirina noticed that it was nighttime. "Mama, Papa? Can Emily and I go flying for a bit?" She asked hopefully.

"Alright, but you girls stick together," Boris said.

"We will," Emily promised as she and her older sister turned to their bat forms and headed out.

Rachel smiled. "We need to get back home too," she said to her family before she turned and hugged the Hauntleys. "Whenever you need help again, just call."

"We will," Oxana said. "Thank you again."

Bidding each other farewell, Rachel and the monsters climbed into the plane and were soon flying back to California.

Meantime, Emily and Vampirina were giggling as they flew, enjoying the sight of their town as night settled in more. "This is so cool!" Emily said, giggling. "Can we do this every night?"

Vampirina giggled. "Most nights we'll be able to, as long as Mama and Papa say it's okay," she said. "They might even join us sometime."

Emily giggled again before grinning. "I got Chef Remy again," she said.

Her sister giggled. "I think he lets you do that," she said.

Giggling, the girls headed back home, landing in Vee's room before Emily headed for her room to change into her pajamas and Vee got into her pajamas before the girls went downstairs to the kitchen. Remy, seeing them, smiled as he placed two mugs of warm milk and a plate with a couple cookies on it on the table. "Here you are, girls," he said.

"Thanks, Remy," Emily said, hugging the skeleton, who returned her hug and felt Vampirina hug him too. He hugged the young vampire back before the girls sat down to the milk and cookies, enjoying the treats before it was their bedtime.

Oxana picked up Emily while Boris picked up Vampirina, both adults smiling at seeing the girls looked ready to fall asleep then and there. "Time for little vampires to sleep," Boris said with a smile.

They headed for Vee's room first and the parents tucked in their oldest daughter. "Goodnight, our little bat," Oxana said softly.

"Sweet dreams," Boris said.

Vampirina yawned sleepily. "Love you," she said softly before falling asleep.

The two then went to Emily's room and tucked their youngest daughter in her bed. "Sweet dreams, pumpkin," Oxana said.

"You're safe now," Boris said softly.

Emily looked at them sleepily, her eyes ready to close. "Love you, Mommy. Love you, Daddy," she said before she fell into a peaceful sleep.

The two smiled, feeling blessed to have to wonderful daughters in their lives and Emily was not only happy to be with her family who loved her and cared for her, but she was also happy to be a vampire, something she was very proud of.

And that concludes "The Legacy Of Family Love." Thank you to everyone who read and reviewed and a big thanks to dream1990. :)

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