Collinsport's tradition. Mothers and Daughters doesn't get along too well

     "I can't believe we're doing this* Elizabeth sighed and massaged her forehead before looked tiredly at Barnabas. "You seriously want to save that Witch who tormented our family for couple centuries?"
Angelique hissed, looking at Elizabeth as she was ready to kill Elizabeth.
Barnabas hold out his hands, stepping between them, "Elizabeth, you must understand that Angelique is only one who can ever release our family from our curse. If she dies now, we are all doomed for the end of the world. No one can release us but Angelique."
"Well I'm not so sure that old woman deserves any releasing at all" Angelique said.
Barnabas sighed and looked at her, "Angelique, they all came here tonight to help you. Willingly or not, they came."
Angelique raised eyebrow and looked around the room. Carolyn was sitting lazily on her chair, Elizabeth was standing next to her, David and Victoria were sitting on couch near to fireplace.
 "Like there's much use of them anyway." She said and walked out of the room.
Elizabeth couldn't hide her smile, looking Barnabas as saying "I told you so"
Barnabas shake his head and go after Angelique.
 "Angelique, There is more of us. She is alone. You have-"
"You don't know that!" Angelique hissed, looking at him. "You don't know is she alone."
Barnabas study her ice cold eyes and nodded, "True. I don't know. But I know.... We are not the ones to give up. We have Carolyn, her bite is deathly enough. And I am there. I could imagine that Vampire and Werewolf bite together is toxic."
"Have I died when you bite me?"
"We both have never bite you at-"
Angelique shake her head and smiled, "You bite me front of villagers to show them what we are. Carolyn bite me many times just few minutes later."
 "But... You are hollow."
Angelique got pale, "Only if I choose to be."
"You can control it?"
"Of course I can... No doubt, so can she."
Barnabas was about to say something, when Carolyn came to doorway, "Hey, it's disgusting enough to look at you two together so can we just get over with this thing and go home? Someone's coming."
At the same time, doorbell ring. "What did I just say?" Carolyn said and go back to living room.
Angelique looked at Barnabas like seeking his support.
"We will survive through this." He said. His fangs were already growing to attack.
Angelique nodded a bit and go towards the door. She stopped before she was able to reach the door.
"Can... Can David call her mother like you can call Josette?"
Barnabas blinked and thought about it. "I believe. I go ask him."
Angelique nodded and opened the door. "You're not welcomed to my house."
"Ouch.. Own daughter doesn't let me in."
Angelique heard someone moving behind her. "It's typical here in Collinsport. Mothers and daughters doesn't get along too well." Elizabeth said.
Angelique didn't bother to look at Elizabeth, but she knew that Elizabeth was standing right behind her.
Angelique's mother laughed, "Right... You are the mother of Werewolf."
Elizabeth bite her tongue, hissing between her teeth, "Leave my daughter out of this."
 Angelique's mother looked at the house. "How many of you is in there?"
"Like we'd tell you."
"Well I can always burn whole house down like you did to Collinwood."
Elizabeth pulled Angelique back and stepped out, "You stole my idea." She said, taking lighter from her pocket and throw it towards Angelique's mother.
Angelique looked at her eyes wide when she run back inside and locked the door.
"What? doesn't they usually burn Witches to death?" Elizabeth asked.
"Usually, but I'm living proof it doesn't always work."
Elizabeth got pale. "I forgot..."
"Yeah, you're old." Angelique said and left to living room.
"Where is she?" Barnabas asked.
"Elizabeth got her on fire." Angelique said, "How long that will keep her down, I don't know. It took some days for me to recover when you got me on fire."
Carolyn looked at Barnabas, "Cool, you tried to burn her?"
Angelique stepped towards Carolyn and Barnabas took hold of her wrist. "Leave it, Angelique. Carolyn is...Typically annoying at her age."
 Elizabeth run to the room, "Hide David! She's coming inside any minute."
Angelique pointed towards bathroom. "It's only place where you can get out without leaving any signs of you even being here."
Victoria took hold of David's hand and run to the bathroom.
Carolyn stood up, "Now what?" She was obviously getting bit nervous.
"You turn into pretty doggy and go to her so she can pet you. Then you're bad doggy and bite her hand off."
Angelique said.
"But it's not even full moon!" Carolyn said. "Come on! Can't I go with Vicky and David?"
"No." Angelique said and go towards Carolyn. Barnabas took few steps to follow her but stopped, watching her carefully. Elizabeth kept an eye on her as well.
Angelique placed her hands to Carolyn's cheeks and whispered something so quietly Barnabas couldn't understand.
 Soon Carolyn fell on her knees, growling and whimpering.
"What have you done?" Elizabeth screamed and run to Carolyn but Angelique took hold of her arm and pulled her away. "She's turning."
"Turning?"
"I made her body to reach as full moon does. She's turning into her wolf form."
Elizabeth sighed and watched her daughter. "If I help you to kill your mother... You have to release my daughter."
"No promises Liz." Angelique said and turned away.
Now Elizabeth took hold of her wrist. "You have promised! You promised to Barnabas!"
"Well, there's huge difference between you and Barnabas. I don't give a damn about you, or your doggy daughter."
"But Barnabas cares about us... "
"And?"
"If you're going to marry him, you're going to be part of Collins family and it means you must help us!"
Angelique laughed, "Do you really think I'd ever care about your pathetic family?"
"Angelique." Barnabas growled.
Angelique turned to look at him, "I don't care about your family. I thought it's obvious. I care about you. If I'd release them, it would be because of you."
Barnabas sighed again and nodded a bit. "If... If you release them, I will.. Marry, you."
Elizabeth looked at him eyes wide. "You're not serious, right?"
Barnabas looked at Elizabeth, "I am."
Angelique smiled and pulled her hand free, going to Barnabas. "Say it.. You still love me."
Elizabeth rolled her eyes. "Still?"
"Hm, has he not told you, about our... Adventures, in past? In drawing room.. His own room.. My room.. Garden.."
Barnabas cleared his throat, "It is not such thing I wish to talk about." He said quickly.
Elizabeth looked at him, "Are you... Blushing?"
Angelique run her finger against his cheek, "Don't tease our poor, sweet Barnabas."
They heard noise from hallway.
"She's here!" Elizabeth said in panic.
"Well don't just stand there!" Angelique hissed.
"Now.. My child, these parties are over." Angelique's mother said coming into the room and looked around.
Carolyn jumped from behind the chair and bite the woman everywhere where her teeth happened to sink in.
 Barnabas didn't waste time either and came to bite her.
Angelique heard her mother crying out in pain, and soon after that Carolyn whimpered, flying across the room, in no time, Barnabas falling next to her.
Angelique knelt down and took hold of Barnabas, shaking him slightly.
 "There you are." She heard her mothers voice.
She looked up and saw her mother completely healed already.
She looked down to Barnabas who still lay there concisions.
"You.. never loved my father. Nor us... "
"No." Her mother admitted. "I meant to kill you and your brother right after your father, but you made it surprisingly difficult."
Angelique looked at her. "And you killed him? My brother."
Her mother laughed, "Long time ago."
"Why you didn't come to kill me sooner?"
"Because you were growing surprisingly talented. I was meant to kill you before you realize your own powers. But you run to this.. Collins family, who protected you. And you damn little rat, you grew stronger. It was getting difficult to reach for you. But you fell into most dangerous trap Witches has.. You fell in love with that" She pointed towards Barnabas. "And made him to be your weakness. I had to wait until he's back. Because when he was underground, he was there as a prison, yes... But also, safe. You were too strong to be killed. Now you have your weakness, and you're growing weaker and weaker the more you care about him."
 Angelique shake her head in disbelief. "No.. He's not my weakness.. He's.."
"He's what? Your lover? And that, my child, makes you weak. Makes you depended on him"
"He's my strength.. " Angelique whispered. Her eyes was filled with tears. "You don't understand it, you never felt it. For once, I was better than you. And I found new power, you can't use because you don't understand it."
 Angelique's mother laughed and throw her hand in Angelique's chest, taking hold of Angelique's heart.
"He's not here to safe you now. He and that little wolf are poisoned by each others bites."
Angelique looked down to Barnabas, tears falling down her cheeks.
 "He never loved you Angelique. It's time for you to let him go. Consider this as motherly advice. And I will even help you to let him go."
 "But I love enough for both of us."
Angelique's mother laughed and held Angelique's heart tighter to cause it crack, but for their both surprise, Angelique's heart didn't shatter.
 "What-?" Her mother said confused, until suddenly she pulled her hand away. "That ghost!"
Angelique smiled, "Hello mother." Her voice was different, same was the look in her eyes.
"Who are you? Where your powers come from?" Angelique's mother asked.
"My name is Josette DuPres. And I have no powers Mrs.Bouchard, but I share same desire with your daughter to protect Barnabas. It connect us enough, I am able to join her in these kind of situations."
"Josette? I have heard about-"
"About that your daughter killed me?"
"But then-"
"You can't kill, what is already dead. You held my heart, not hers. And I- Mrs.Bouchard, have been dead for nearly two hundred years."
Angelique's mother looked at her hand, "No.."
"I think it is time for you to join us, Mrs.Bouchard."
"Us?"
Angelique nodded towards doorway. David's mother was there.
 Angelique's mother seemed frightened, looking around the way to escape.
She run to the window, but Elizabeth stepped in front of her.
"Move, old woman!"
Elizabeth raised her eyebrow. "You do have something in common with your daughter after all."
"What? Just move!" Angelique's mother growled and pushed Elizabeth aside.
Elizabeth hit her head to table and fell to the floor unconscious.
 David's mother came to finish what Elizabeth couldn't. Josette let Angelique's body, leaving Angelique falling to the floor exhausted.
"It's time for you to join us, Mrs.Bouchard." Josette said, and together with Davids mother, they pulled out the life from Angelique's mother, leaving her body laying there lifeless.
 Victoria came to see if everything was alright now, since there had been silence fr quite some time.
She looked around the room, seeing everyone laying on the ground either unconscious or- dead.
She saw Angelique's mother laying on the floor and carefully tested if the woman had a pulse. Finding her dead, Victoria pushed the body to fireplace. Even she knew that Witches are meant to be burned in order to destroy them.