@Aisling "It will take some time, but you can learn it for sure," Ioan answered.

"Ioan is over there," the father answered. "And no. We sleep in ordinary bedrooms."

@CountDracula

"OK. How do I write it?" Fiona asked ready and determined to learn how to write.

"I always thought that if you lived in a castle, you had a suite and a maid or manservant to wait on you.." Callie spoke in a confused voice.

@Aisling "You'll need to learn how to do the letters first," Ioan answered. "The first letter of Mercury is M. So, let's start with that."

"We don't need that," the father said.

@CountDracula

"Ok. The letter M it is." Fiona spoke confidently.

"But aren't you royalty?" Callie asked.

@Aisling "Okay. There's a capital and a small letter M," Ioan explained. Then, he showed her how to do both.

"We are royals, but we don't need so many servants," the father said. "Like you probably don't need them either."

@CountDracula

Fiona took a new page and made a capital M and a small m. "Like that?" she asked.

"You must not know how to live like Royalty. I am going back to bed. Bye." Callie spoke as she hurried off to her room.

@Aisling Ioan smiled. "Very good. - You should write a few of these to remember them better."

"Good night," the father said. He went to his room as well and did his evening ritual before going to bed.

@CountDracula

"Ok....." Fiona made a whole line of both kinds of M.

"This place is a nut case castle. Who ever heard of real vampires anyways. I'm gonna leave in the morning and not come back here ever again." Cassie said as she took off her slippers and robe then got into bed.
"A great big insane asylum is what this castle is......."

@Aisling "Very good," Ioan said with a smile. "You tell me when you're ready to move on to the next letter."

@CountDracula

"I'm gonna do another line of each first. " Fiona spoke as she began more letters.
"I'm ready to do the next letters." she announced after a few minutes of practice.

@Aisling "Good," Ioan said. "Then, let's continue with the E." He showed her how both capital and small Es were written.

@CountDracula

"E....... ME for Mercury......"Fiona spoke as she made rows of E and e.

@Aisling "Very good," Ioan said again. After a while, he asked, "Shall I show you the telescope now?"

@CountDracula

"Sure! It sounds like fun to me." Fiona said as she gathered her pencils and stuffed that Mommy gave her then put them into the box that loan bought for her.

@Aisling "We've got more than one telescope," Ioan explained. "A small one for visitors, and a big one for professionals."

@CountDracula
"Is this a small telescope?" Fiona spoke suddenly.

Callie woke up earlier than normal. She called Sean who was still asleep. He scolded her and told her to either wander about or go back to sleep. She choose to go through her clothes to find something that Mystique would approve of. She then opened the other suitcase and took out a smaller suitcase with doll clothes and several other packages for Fiona's birthday. She took the suitcase to where she thought that Fiona would be sleeping but she was not there to her surprise. She went out and looked in the hall to find the Count Dracula's father.

@Aisling "The one we're using at the moment?" Ioan asked. "It's the biggest binocular telescope in the world."

The father came out of his room. "Good morning," he said to Callie. "Hope you had a good night."

@CountDracula

"THE BIGGEST! WOW, loan..... Are you special to be able to use it. Is it yours?" Fiona asked in surprise.

"Uhhh.... kinda. It's not like what I expected a castle was suppose to be. I thought that was Fiona's room." Callie spoke nervously.

"It is. Fiona is taking a lesson in the Observatory last night with loan. Too bad that you didn't sleep well, Callie." Mystique had a robe on and was leaning on the door jam of her room.

"And Sean picked you over me to take care of Fiona! A secretary in such thin clothes is a Sexitary in my opinion. A castle full of vampires? How can a child survive in such a castle? I have not seen one servant!" Callie spoke to Mystique.

"Sorry, Callie but you are talking to the wrong person about things that go on in the castle. I don't run the castle affairs. As far as Fiona goes. How much money do you have saved? Do you even do your own checkbook? You don't, do you?" Mystique asked quietly.

Callie couldn't say a word to Mystique for she had complained to her about not having money. So she turned to Vladislaus.
"What your son's secretary? Can she type, make phone calls, make appointments and other things that normal secretaries do? Is she a vampire too?" She point blank asked.

@Aisling "It is mine, but astronomers from all over the world use it," Ioan answered. "They come here and then, they use it."

"Here in Romania, women are free to wear what they like," the father said calmly. "Yes, she does everything that ordinary secretaries do. And yes, she's a vampire too."

@CountDracula

"You are so kind to everyone, loan and I like being spoiled by you. You take me places and buy stuff for me. I wish that I could do something for you like Mommy did." Fiona spoke quietly.

"Are you going to dress like that?" Callie turned to Mystique.

"Not at all likely. I prefer long dresses when I dress up. Maybe I'll even get a tiara for myself and one for Fiona. I have not been here that long. And I'll have many years to do what ever I feel like. Any other questions?" Mystique spoke gently.

A booming knocking could be heard at the door.

"Oh, I do hope that is Sean! I am leaving this nut castle. But you will hear from my lawyer." Callie spoke as she ran to her room.

"That is fine with me, little sister. Do you want to answer the door or shall I?" Mystique asked the father quietly.