THIS IS BASED ON THE TIM BURTON FILM. I couldn't find Dark Shadows in the movie category.

I tried to find some Barnalia fanfiction and failed - so I decided I'll write some myself. This idea just popped into my head really.

This fanfic starts when Barnabas has escaped the coffin and is back in Collinwood. Victoria Winters doesn't exist and Angelique will probably not be in it so much either.

I do not own any characters or anything. I haven't seen the originial series and I'll probably get things wrong - don't get mad at me, I'm just focusing on Barnalia. I honestly have no idea whether I'm changing the characters personalities, but I suspect I am changing them quite a lot. And noez, I can't write as fancy as Johnny Depp's lines in the film were, sadly. Deal with it. Sorry for being gramatically incorrect and write weird things sometimes, but English is not my first language.

Chapter 1: Introduction - Barnabas Collins diary entry after returning to Collinwood

"After being so kindly welcomed to my old home I'm slowly starting to feel some sort of peace again. I have got my own room - although it is quite dusty it is a lot more comfortable than the old coffin I spent the last 196 years in. I am glad my family home is still intact, even though it should definitely be cleaned a bit more often from now on. I am glad to see not much has changed, I imagined it to be rather worse. Meeting my family was very pleasant, I rather enjoyed their company even though I sometimes do not quite understand their way of living. Elizabeth has indeed been charming, but her daughter seems a bit out of sorts. And I can not understand why she has no husband, but I am sure Elizabeth will sort that out. The caretaker, whose name I can not recall, was most pleasant to me when we first met but I rarely see him around. I suppose he is working very hard, he seemed to be an honest man. The other caretaker however, Mrs Johnson, I sent to an eldery home as I did not see it fit for her to still be working at this age. David is a charming little boy and his father Roger does indeed annoy me a bit, but I am sure he is a perfectly outstanding man once I get to know him better. I find it curious neither Elizabeth nor Roger seem to have a spouse. I do not dare ask why or how things really are settled, their private lives are none of my business for the time being. Then there is Dr. Hoffman, the female doctor. I still find it rather odd that she is educated in the arts of the mind and at the same time a female, but I do find her delightful. Actually, I find her quite delectable. Helping these poor people get back on track with the family business will indeed please me.