Okay, these are basically just drabbles that explore Vlad's childhood and upbringing, including his relationship with Jack and Maddie.

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Vlad hated school. He hated his classmates. All he wanted to do was go home! He didn't have any friends, and people were mean to him. 5 year old Vlad Masters didn't understood what he did to make people hate him to much. It made him want to cry.

He was excited for his first day of Kindergarten. Before that, he had almost never left the house. Vlad tried many times to go out and play like he watched other kids do, but whenever he tried, his mom dragged him in and slapped him. "I don't want you going out there, Vladimir!" she screamed to him. "If I catch you trying to go outside again, you're going to be in huge trouble!" He didn't understand why she did this, but knew he would be in trouble, so he obeyed most of the time.

He played with his toys, which kept him happy much of the time and he talked to the maids, who were always friendly to him. Of course, he kept his room as neat as he could; Vlad didn't want his parents to be angry with him. When he didn't, they got really angry, which made him cry, which made his Daddy even more angry with him.

So all in all, he was excited for the first day of school. He impressed the teacher by being able to tell what time it was on the clock, which amazed her. He introduced himself, along with everyone else, and attempted to be friends with the other kids, but none of them seemed to like him. They called him names and even shoved him when the teacher wasn't looking. Vlad immediately accused him, and the boy denied it, continuing to call him a liar. The teacher saw through it and sent him to time-out, which made him madder than ever.

While most of his classmates were messing around on the swings or playing on the monkey bars, Vlad kept to himself. He tried to join them, but they just shoved him away. The boy that shoved him earlier went after him again, forcing him to run away.

Therefore, Vlad found himself away from the others, tears running down his face. He didn't know where he was; he just wanted to be away from everyone. Why did he ever want to go to school?

"Hi." Vlad heard a voice behind him. A girl about his age was sitting on the grass. She was wearing a blue shirt and red shirt, with blue eyes and pigtails. "How are you?"

"You like me?" Vlad asked in surprise. He thought everyone hated him.

"Yep! What's your name?" she asked.

"Um… I'm Vlad." He responded.

"I'm Maddie; want to be friends?" she smiled.

"Sure. What are you doing?"

"I'm reading. The other girls hate me. They think I have cooties."

"Me too; he shoved me for no reason, and I'm hiding. Promise not to tell?"

"I promise. You were able to tell what time it is? That's cool!"

"You… don't think I'm a loser?"

"Nope, I like it. I wish I knew how to tell time."

"It's easy. Carrie taught me."

"Carrie?"

"Someone that works for my Daddy. She does the chores when Mommy and Daddy aren't telling me to do them." After that, Vlad and Maddie got along well. He helped her sound out a couple of the words in her book that she was having trouble with.

"Hey, loser, what are you doing with her?" the kid came back. For the life of him, Vlad couldn't remember his name.

"She's my friend!" Vlad protested, afraid but doing his best to conceal it.

"Why would anyone want to be friends with a loser?" He replied, giving a immature version of a sneer.

"He's not a loser!" Maddie spoke out.

"No one asked you!" he responded, pushing her onto the ground.

"Hey, you can't hit a girl!" Vlad exclaimed, trying to shove him onto the ground. Unfortunately for him, his tormentor was a lot bigger than he was and didn't budge much. He pushed back and they began wrestling on the ground. Vlad was angry, not only for how he was treated, but that he shoved his friend! Despite that, though, he was clearly getting the worst of it until a teacher on duty saw what was going on and broke it up.

"That's enough, both of you!" He told them sharply. "Now who started it?"

"He did!" Both of them said, pointing fingers at the other.

"He did." Maddie told him. "He come over and call Vlad a loser. I said he was my friend and he shoved me." After asking them a few more questions, he took the other kid to the office, who was looking teary but still glaring at Vlad and Maddie.

"Thanks for being my friend." Vlad told Maddie.

"You're welcome." Maddie replied. They heard the bell ring and walked back to class. Vlad knew his classmate would only hate him more and make his life worse, but now that he had a friend, it didn't seem to matter so much.

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This was just an idea I had floating around my head for while. I hope I managed to get their relative vocabulary right. It's not easy writing 5-year-olds. I find the relationship between the trio fascinating. Hopefully, the next glimpse will be a little longer, and yes, you will see Jack.