Training (Tag Vlad)

Alidia smiled and laughed as she transformed herself as a white fox. With her hiding in the snow that covered her fur, she also swept her tracks with her tail.

"Nice try, Alidia. But I don't need to see you. I can hear the sound of your heartbeat." Vlad called into the room. He listened as he stepped carefully. When the sound was loud enough, he looked just ahead of him. A small white-furred body moved to look up and began scrambling to get away.
"Ha! Got you now!" Vlad exclaimed as he playfully doved for the little fox. He caught it in both hands and proceeded to ruffle its white fur, the creature appearing to be laughing as he did.

Alidia shifted back and laughed so hard she landed on a snowbank and made a snow angel. And she flicked her finger, and made an ice rink appear. "Mr. V, do you skate?" She changed her outfit to make it look like she came from his time.

He chuckled to himself at this.
"I must confess that I haven't ice skated in the past. But it always looked like it was fun. Are you suggesting we skate in here?" Vlad asked her, slyly.

Alidia flicked her finger and made skates appear on Mr. V's feet.
"Mr. Vlad I'll be honest too. I havent either. But lets try it together." She held out her hand.

OCC: Imagen at Mr Vlad and Alidia were skating with this in their head.

Vlad and Alidia skated together, holding hands. It felt most relaxing to glide across the ice like that. He closed his eyes in pleasure, enjoying the experience to its fullest.

Alidia let Mr. Vlad's hand go as she skated on her own. Doing tricks. She giggled.

OCC: These are the tricks Alidia are doing.

Coming up behind her as she finished, Vlad took Alidia's hands and turned her around. He wanted to try something special with her. He started leading her through a certain routine commonly seen in ballet, a Pas de deux, rendered for ice skating. He was sure she could pull that off, she had the right build for a ballet dancer. He was just thankful he was here to help her through it, because some steps in a Pas de deux just could not be done with one person.

Alidia grinned as she gracefully skated with Mr. Vlad. As she ficked her finger for music to play as they skated. And when he lifted her in the air she saw a twinkle in his eye. She blushed.

OCC: I hope this is a good one. Its my personal favs.

The Count was smiling as he brought Alidia back down to the ground. Today had been amazing, for lack of a better word. This young lady had given him a gift he would never forget.
"Alidia, thank you for today. I will never forget this." Vlad whispered to her. Taking a fold of his cloak, he wrapped her in an embrace.

Alidia couldnt agree more. It was a while since she had like a family moment. She still saw the sparkling in his eyes as they embrace but why did she get this pulling feeling of inside her heart.
"Same here Mr. V." She looked into his eyes as she was covered in his cape, hugging him. She sniffed his clothes they used to smell like must and blood but now it smelled like black roses cause of her. But she couldnt shake this tugging of her heart. "Maybe this is bloodlust?" Alidia thought. She couldnt shake it. "Maybe Mr. Vlad feels the same? After all we sucked eachother's blood." Alidia continue to think.

Vlad noticed that Alidia was rather quiet. This was a little unusual. Normally, she was very talkative.
"Is their something botering you, dear?" he asked her.

Alidia looked up at him and his sparkling eyes. She hesatated at first and shakly replyed, "No Mr. Vlad. I......I am okay."

"Are you sure about that? I could take you to get help if something is wrong. You need only tell me." Vlad offered.

Alidia wanted to tell him but it was stupid. Alidia took a deep breath "Mr. Vlad what's bloodlust and what does it feel like?"

His face became grim. He didn't like the sound of that. He swallowed nervously before answering.
"It's what occurs when a vampire's body is demanding blood in order to sustain itself. The teeth begin to ache, like you want to bite something. The throat feels very dry and them the heart starts to feel as if it's being squeezed. If it's ignored for too long, the vampire will feel like they are experiencing stomach ulcers. I felt it often before I learned to resist it to avoid unwanted attention." Vlad explained, very matter-of-factly.

Alidia was ruling that it wasnt bloodlust but it was something. Alidia was feeling something tugging at her heart.

Now, Vlad was very worried. Something was wrong with her. That was his only explanation. But what was it? He didn't know how to help her unless she told him.
"Alidia, what is wrong? I know something isn't right with you. Please tell me." Vlad insisted.

Alidia looked at his eyes. "Okay, Mr Vlad. I wont lie. I feel like some side effects kicking in we swapped blood. I...... My heart is pumping so fast when we embrace and I dont know to describe it. Kinda crazy huh?" Alidia chuckled.

Vlad was afraid of this. Most vampires bloodlines came from long histories of humans who were turned themselves, thus watering down the strengths of their "Sire" as vampires referred to them. But he had no Sire; his power remained pure, wild, and untamed. He may have had many victims, but few of them became vampires with him. However, what she described didn't sound like it was just his blood doing this to her. He had seen someone be affected by his blood before; it was something similar to this, but they never complained of something pulling at their heart.
"I'm not so sure this is all because of our trading blood, Alidia." Vlad stated, certain.

Alidia knew it. He thought she was crazy. Like everyone else but her Oncie.

"Don't you ever think that!" Vlad snapped, his face twisting with the anger and hurt he felt when he heard her thoughts on what he said. He quickly calmed himself. He placed his hands on her shoulders.
"I do not think you're crazy, Alidia. I just know this is not just caused by my blood. I have a theory as to what this is, but I don't think you'll like what it is." the Count started to explain.

Alidia snapped her eyes open. Mr Vlad read her mind. And she guessed she would like to her the unknow feeling in her heart as she nodded

"I'm worried that your, um, ex is keeping track of you. He might have heard everything we were doing in here. And now, he's trying to, how do they say it, put you in your place." Vlad mumbled, pressing his hands together.

Alidia frowned. She was scared now. She shifted into her fox self again shaking.