Carmilla and Chello were motionless because of the Romanian triad. Was like use a sledgehammer to kill a mockingbird, just why the fuck they would be here? In an end of the world called Treffen, meeting a stray vampire smelling milk. It must have been the wrong train, maybe they had made a mistake on the line to Madrid and ended up at the foot of the Alps by a mistake by the myopic train driver.

"Stay," Carmilla whispered between her teeth, holding the dog's neck behind on the run. They looked at the three of them approaching like the ghost of the past Christmases. After a disgusting introduction, they went on to Punkt - a place that would be open, day and night.

Sitting at a round table in the darkest corner of the joint, Carmilla took a deep breath with Chello sitting to her left, opposite them: the prosecutor Norma Arciel Xezsrevy, a redhead with her hair sticking out and her bangs tucked to the side, on her right, the teenage vampire and judge Mina Halker, a seemingly jovial girl of only seventeen, her hair was straight down and curled at the ends, contained by a silver pin with pink buttons.

"Order anything you want ladies," Said the young woman with white skin and empty eyes, that bothered Carmilla, because she couldn't read those dark eyes framed in the demon's image. "All on us today," She called to a woman to serve them. Without hesitating, Chello ordered everything on the menu of three items, bread, meat and alcohol.

"I must ask your excellencies the reason for your coming, I did not expect more than a footman," Carmilla pointed out, while Chello devoured the two dishes of roasted ducks and chickens.

"Sit with us Garu," Said Norma to the blonde with spiky hair and ponytail on the counter turning a mug of dark beer. "Come, you can sit next to me," Smiled hitting the seat, but the executioner with her sword clinking around her waist just ignored.

"Leave it, you know that she likes to make herself difficult, my angry Kittie," Smiled Mina, pouting Garu, who lifted her mug. That act nauseated Carmilla staring at the teenage vampire. "Dear Mircalla, have you some dirt inside your pants to make you so angry? Killing me with this look... or it's having me?" Smile Vlad III's project.

"No excellency, I am just perplexed with such a glimpse of attention," She replied with a firm voice, almost like shouting a big: IF YOU CAME TO KILL ME, SO KILL!!!

"What a hush Kittie, what a mouth to talk to me," It was almost impossible to keep calm. Everything that came out of Mina's lips dripped with poison. "Why so aggressive cutie? Are you afraid of something? Did you do something I should know? Were you naughty?"

Chello choked on a chicken leg at the end of the sentence, laid her eyes at the ally. A drop of sweat ran down Carmilla's temple with a pulsing vein in rage. It wasn't a ragged clan; they were not even Austrian or Russian governors. It was the Valaquian lords of the third court, Mina Halker, one of the ruthless and most merciless vampires to assume the judge's mantle. Norma Arciel Xezsrevy is a relentless prosecutor, often compared to Mount Everest in terms of the incursion arguments known as Evergot; finally, the frightening, Garu Syvalion, the pawn Fallvalion, a little joke on her name thrown in the mud for many years, but without diminishing her ability, Fallvalion was a word, one order, it was enough the judge's sentence and, heads rolled by the executioner's hands.

"A notice of activities outside of discretion came to us, it was drawing a lot of human attention, we send crows to find out, but something attacked them," Norma clarified waiting for an answer from the clear defendant in front of them.

"The Morgan clan left these lands many years ago to venture at the new world. Do not tell me you intend to return, intend to stoke old embers?" Mina said, delighting in the sight in the eyes of Lilita Morgan's prodigal daughter.

"I no longer belong to the Morgan clan and, if I may, I would be very pleased to rip Lilita's heart out with my own hands," She countered the firmly causing a laugh in the young Mina. "I have no connection with that fucker anymore, unless to kill her,"

"I will decide that Mircalla, but I would like to have Morgan's heart in my hands beating, just to crush it myself," Smiled the dark and young Romanian lady. "But for now, I would like to know why you are here,"

"I was born here, wanted sneak around and smell the childhood air,"

"Please Mircalla, what is that nostalgia? You? The lustful and insatiable virgin banger Mircalla. Wait a minute," The young lady still silent in malicious thoughts. "Yes, your punishment for betraying mom, how wonderful. Who is she?"

Carmilla swallowed the words for the accurate declaration. In front of a dangerous vampire than Lilita. To make things worse, the girl smiled wickedly instead of being offended by the renegade's frown.

"Ladies, please," Norma asked. "We are here for the attacks, whatever you can clarify will be very welcome," She cut the air in the middle of the table with both hands directed to them.

"What have to clarify? She is here to cry over her dead girlfriend and, in one of those bloody nights, she found something to distract her fangs," Halker laughed. "What's her name? I imagine she must be beautiful. They never doubted her nose for virgin girls,"

"Those chickens were attacking my property, that's why I attacked them," Carmilla held her anger. "It was an obvious defense,"

"They also have to eat honey, you have been drinking all around, what's the problem of sharing a little? Unless, unfortunately, they had spotted your new lover," Big bad luck, because the lady of darkness noticed all the defendant's micro expressions. "I see, you got another one," She smiled and, Carmilla's fury roared inside her without being able to show up.

Carmilla stood up with red eyes, ready to defend herself. A devastating presence came after her with spiky hair grabbing her arm.

"Easy Garu, everything is fine," Said the redhead with eyes flashing with the slight agitation.

"It's everything ok ma'am," Chello stared at Garu with a knife pointed at the executioner's waist.

"I prove to you I am innocent," Declared Carmilla leaning on the table.

***

Over twenty kilometers up the mountains were Fred, Daphne, Velma, Shaggy and Scooby - climbing in the middle of more than a meter of snow - Mina walked calmly on the target floor, as if her body weighed less than a feather, while all the others walked behind Carmilla to dig the path with a shovel, Chello helped widen the passage, Garu stomped hard to pave a safe passage for Norma, who occasionally stumbled on the blonde's back.

"Have we arrived yet?" Mina asked like an impatient child in the back seat of a car.

"Over there," Pointed the brunette with the shovel, at the same time that the redhead at the end of the line screamed, falling into Garu's arms.

"It's ok, I got you," Said Garu in a languid tone.

"Thank you," The prosecutor cowered with the executioner's bear hug.

"Hey you two!" Mina scolded, while Carmilla exhumed the frosted ham of the other day.

"That's what caught the attention of humans," The defendant pointed to the person responsible for the bloodbath.

It was Norma jumping in the pit and checking the preserved corpse, examining the crushed head, picking up some remaining teeth to get a better look, the hairs on her hands as thick as tundra grass.

"It looks like we have a culprit," Reported the prosecutor as an expert and defense lawyer.

"But one wouldn't have done it all," said Garu, watching Norma's frown and Mina's smile with Carmilla's foam.

"I'll show you the rest then, but maybe they're less showy,"

"Okay, I'll examine it myself," Sayed Evergot leaving the pit and returning to the trail followed by Chello and Garu.

Carmilla filled the shovel with snow ready to bury the animal for good, however the judge warned the accused of her effort.

"No need to bother Mircalla," Mina said when Carmilla threw the first snow in the hole. "I'm getting impatient," She stretched her palm towards the popsicle in the pit, her eyes flashed red and the growler turned to dust, then pointed her hand at the accused. "It could end here, everything settled," Smile. "But I'll wait until I can taste revenge on you and your mother,"

"She is not my mother," Imposed with the same sparkle in her eyes and all the repulsion of Lilita's name.

***

They continued downhill close to the Getroffen road, Mina complained about her aching feet. Walking was not a pleasant activity for her, not when she could ask to be carried.

"Garu, please," The judge grabbed Fallvalion from behind. "Please, I can't walk anymore,"

The executioner took the lazy girl in her arms and rolled eyes. Norma avoided the maiden scene by grabbing Garu's neck. A little further back, Chello stopped sniffing a familiar smell.

"What's it?" Carmilla asked the girl in the bowler hat.

"Ah no, fuck," Replied Chello, disbelieving the disaster, aiming over the prosecutor's shoulder ahead.

"Carm!" Laura shouted, jumping in Carmilla's arms. "I got better, let's talk later, don't forget. And you want cookies? I could make some, what do you think?" Chatty and happier than usual with newly discovered Austrian vampirism.

This is the reason for the dog's distress, Laura took a walk in the sun - a way to say farewell to a week stuck in bed - for the first time she saw Chello without the fur, and she looked at the sky pretending want nothing. Right behind were Danny and LaF catching up with the energetic journalist. The other three vampires measured the meat group. Norma greeted them. The woodcutter was uncomfortable, not only because of Carmilla, but Garu too. LaF tried to imagine what mysteries in black cloaks accompanied Laura's savior. Mina no longer imagined anything, because everything was right in front of her eyes. The judge jumps off Syvalion's arms, and approach to meet the enthusiastic blonde.

"But who is this young lady, using the sun as her own hair?" In the same second Carmilla and Chello strained the muscles, ready to bleed some arteries. Fallvalion stood between them, Mina just looked at them sideways smiling, took a step towards Laura holding her face in both hands. "What a cutie you are,"

"Laura," Danny called, disgusted by the proximity.

"Laura Hollster," Cleared her surname. "Thank you," She didn't know how to deal with such words. It was strange, but Carmilla's presence calmed her, which couldn't be said of Carmilla herself.

"Young lady, let me see your eyes right," Mina asked. A request that made a roar pinch Carm's throat. "I see a lot of problems in your life, and an enormous shadow in your heart," Smiled Raven from Transylvania, and smiled further when she found two holes in the journalist's neck.

"I think it's enough for today, Laura," Danny called, dragging the short blonde.

As Carmilla regretted all. But at that point, there's no turning back, and maybe she wouldn't be able to show up that night.

"Where's Chello?" Asked the woodcutter.

"Sleeping in my room," Said Carm.

"IS?" Asked the owner of the dog.

"Yeah," Carmilla confirmed, pulling Laura in a last hug, leaving Danny to huff.

"I'll wait for you to talk," Laura closed her eyes, hiding her face in the brunette, feeling her heat, memorizing her smell.

"I'll be there," The words tasted bitter under the eyes of the triad, but the vampire clutched the blonde in the baggy blue sweater printed with a beige dog with dark ears.

***

The vampires took the path showed by the accused among the trees, almost two kilometers by roots and treacherous icy traps. The bended tree on which someone had kicked the sergeant marked the right spot. Taking advantage of the anger she felt, Carmilla hugged a large tree of eight meters. With a little effort she raised it revealing the grave of the deserters, huddled, punched, pure carnage because of the weather against the winter.

Norma jumped close to them, threw the cloak back, and realized what she already knew - undoubtedly some growlers - went back to Mina and whispered something, the way she gestured was about the complete innocence of the renegade vampire, the judge left her executioner's arms to better have with the prosecutor. Garu jumped on a twisted root, fingering the curious cut in the trunk where the sergeant was torn apart. Chello kept her guard, distressed as her clan partner, both knew that the worst could happen, the spark that would set fire to everything was hovering, waiting for the cue to enter the scene and incinerate everyone.

"Mircalla," Called Mina. "How was the night? When you bite her, did she moan or something? Don't be offended. I'm just curious,"

"Are you going to kill me or not? I did the job, I exterminated those useless ones for you," Expos facing Mina's horrifying look.

"Answer me first, I asked first," It looked like a child trying to win an argument between adults. "Just tell me if she liked it, I'm curious now, also with your ex, she liked it, or screamed while you drained her to death?"

"Please, just calm down ladies," Asked the prosecutor while Garu guarded the judge.

"Well, well, Mircalla, we will not kill you, you're innocent of the bloodbath crime here, but I can't say the same about your recklessness with the residents of Miss Perry's inn," Said the girl. Norma spoke out against the leader's intentions.

"Your Honor, I am responsible for medical expertise and I say that she is innocent," he argued.

"Yes, I have already given my opinion on this, innocent of the attacks around the mountain, but I must remind you I am the leader of the council that falls within the jurisdiction of the district Wallachia, in which for circumstances I'm also responsible for this territory and, as far as I am responsible, I see risk in the attitudes of this young woman," She looked at Carmilla. "The relationship she has with Laura Eileen Hollis, or Laura Hollster because of the war, puts night secrecy at risk,"

Carmilla's veins were bulging with hate. Chello tossed the hat away in the shape of a Pit Bull, foaming and snarling at the "seventeen" year old vampire.

"Please, ladies," Norma asked once again between them.

"She does not pose any risk Mina Harker!" Roared with the barking of the enormous dog by her side.

"It's already decided," Mina said.

Carmilla advanced with Chello, but both rolled in the snow, pushed by Garu. The dog hit a tree, yelping as it rose, but the judge stepped on its paw, returning the furry to the ground.

"Chello!" Carmilla cried as the dog screeched as Mina brutally dragged her.

"She stays here," Ordered when breaking a vertebra of the grown puppy. "I'm sorry Mircalla, but I will not risk our anonymity for a youth romance. Kill her if she tries to follow us. This is my sentence," Said the leader, turning back to the distressed vampire. In the blink of an eye the judge, the prosecutor and the vitaminized puppy were gone, leaving Garu and Carmilla behind.

Fallvalion drew her sword from with the tip of the blade she drew a line on the floor.

"You shall not pass," She said in a dark cold voice.

Carmilla clenched her teeth; blood boiling and time running out. She couldn't let Laura suffer at the hands of that sadist.

***

Yukye here:

What a hell of a bad time for a walk Laura. Hey Soldiers what's going to happen? Not only to Laura, but Carm seems completely stuck in her way, against the Fallvalion.

A big wolf hug in you, and see at the next ONE MORE NIGHT.