I dedicate this fanfiction to callmemavy, which was the author who inspired me the most to write this story. I see you as a model, a mentor, and I would like to thank you for writing your story, "Demon's Heart". That story is dark, sad, tragic, yet beautiful, which influenced my writing style greatly.

Chapter 1: Beginning

It's been two weeks since Johnny entered Mavis' life. After being accepted by Drac, which risked his life to bring him back to his daughter, everything seemed to fall in place neatly for the young couple.

Johnny convinced Drac to modernize his hotel with modern technology, like electricity, television, internet, etc. It wasn't a small feat to install these appliances though, since zombie technicians had a hard time working with these new things. This meant that Johnny was really busy during most of the night, because he was the only being familiar with that kind of technology, so he had to give Drac a hand to oversee its implementation.

Despite being exhausted each day with his new "work", Johnny always reserved at least one or two hours each day to be with Mavis. They spent most of their time being cuddled up, exchanging stories. Johnny would tell Mavis of all the places he visited, much to her enjoyment, and she would tell stories about what she knew about monsters, which satisfied him as well. Then, they would break up with a small, but passionate kiss on the lips.

Dracula was witnessing all that of course, and he was happy for his daughter. Happy, yet slightly bitter, because seeing her happy with her lover made him remember how happy he was with Martha, before she died. Quickly discarding these negative thoughts, he went to her room and knocked on her door.

"Mavis, honey, are you in your room? I want to talk." he said, which Mavis replied, "Come in Dad." She was sitting on her bed, glaring at the sky, lost in her thoughts. "I wanted to know how you felt, and what were your plans with Johnny" Dracula said. Mavis replied, "How I'm feeling right now? I'm feeling more alive than I've ever been, thanks to Johnny" she said while blushing a little. She continued, "I can't wait to see what Haweewee, err, Hawaii looks like. By the way Dad, how are Johnny and you doing with work in the hotel? I can't wait to see how electricity works, the way Johnny told me about it, it sounded like a magical power source."

Dracula replied, "It's going smoothly, thanks to Johnny. I think that in a few weeks it should be finished. However, I also came here to ask what were your plans with Johnny, in the long term." Mavis raised her eyebrows, slightly surprised, then said, "In the long term? I don't know, we plan to see the world together, then eventually settle down, get married and have kids, like every couple in love out there. Nothing out of the ordinary I believe."

Dracula winced a little, visibly unsatisfied with that answer, "Mavis, please listen. I hate to bring that subject, but I have to, to be sure you won't get hurt. You see, Johnny is a human, and humans age much faster than we vampires do. You're 118 now, however, most humans die before they even reach 80. So, unless you plan to turn Johnny into a vampire at some point, you will see him age and slowly die in front of you, while you will always look like a young lady. I don't want to ruin your happiness, yet I want you to see that, one way or the other, you will need to pass some hurdles if you wish to stay with Johnny."

"We talked about that already, Johnny and I", she replied. "If it were up to me, he would be a vampire already, but he wanted to be turned at one specific moment." Dracula looked a little shocked, "When?". "On our wedding day, Johnny wants me to turn him after we exchanged our vows and kissed in front of the priest and everyone else. He want friends and families of both his side and my side to witness me biting him and transforming him. I didn't like that idea at first, thinking it might seem gross to some, but he said that him willing to be a vampire for me would be a proof of our undying love for everyone to witness."

Dracula was speechless. Speechless, and a little sad, because he just witnessed his daughter maturing a little more, addressing such a serious topic. Yet, he was filled with joy and pride, joy because it was obvious how happy Mavis was, and pride because of her unwavering decisiveness. "All right dear, I'm a little surprised you and Johnny not only thought about it, but even went as far as picking a moment for it. Don't worry, you have my support, and when the time comes, I'll teach you how to correctly turn Johnny into a vampire. I have to go, I still have work left to do, and you must be getting tired. I love you Mavis, and I'm glad to see you so happy."

"I love you too Dad", she replied. With that, Dracula left the room, satisfied, seeing everything fall in place and nothing going wrong. He wished that it would continue this way, so that his daughter could have a happy life, without the sadness and sorrow he endured.

Unfortunately, life isn't always kind or fair. In fact, it's often cruel and ruthless, and the young couple will soon witness that...