Our blood curdling story begins one peaceful day in Avonlea while Andrew and Felicity are showing their new friend Lily around town. Little do they know the terrifying horrors that await them...

"That's the estate of an evil woman! They say she's a vampire that drinks blood at midnight! Her name is Lisilee, the bloodsucking vampire!" ~Teddy

Our blood curdling story begins one peaceful day in Avonlea while Andrew and Felicity are showing their new friend Lily around town. Little do they know the terrifying horrors that await them...

"Come on, let's go see Avonlea," Andrew said while holding the door for Felicity and Lily. "How about if we start with a stroll by the school?" Andrew suggested.

Lily slid out the door smiling. "I would love to start anyplace. But the school sounds perfect at the moment." She said looking at Andrew and smiling.

Felicity took off her apron and headed outside. "School," she mused to herself. "I can think of a few interesting things that have happened there over the years." She thought of the spelling bee that Felix won (and her own threat to Andrew with the "magic" cookies); the classes with Professor Dimple--which she could now laugh about as opposed to then, when she was dead against it; the first days with Clive Pettibone as a teacher; the first day Gus came to school...the list went on and on.

Andrew, Lily and Felicity walked past the blacksmith shop and across the field. In a few short moments they reached the schoolyard.

"Boy, this sure brings back memories Felicity," Andrew said. "Remember the time we dropped frog face Sally Potts into the pond. Come on Lily, I'll show you where the pond is."

Lily giggled. "Really?"

Felicity laughed. "She was just covered in leeches!" She then told Lily what had happened with the Magic Lantern Show, with Sara telling the story of 'The Little Match Girl,' and Sally's childish prank which caused the town hall to go up in flames.

"Ohh that must have been terrible. A good cause and everything go up in flames." Lily stated.

As they approached the pond, Andrew heard some voices in the woods. "Hey, come on let's go check it out," he told the girls.

Teddy noticed them approaching and turned to Gus. "Hey Gus, hide the bottle, here comes Felicity!"

"Hello, everyone," Felicity said. She noticed the bottle in Gus's hands. "What's in the bottle, Gus?"

"It's rum," Gus said plainly with shame, "ah ain't too proud of it either."

"Gus!" Teddy whispered, "you should have told her it was syrup!"

"What would ah be doin' with syrup out in the middle of the woods?" Gus asked the boy.

"Hi." Felix told his sister flatly.

"Hello there Andrew, Felicity," Gus said, "and who may this be?"

"Gus, this is Lily," Andrew said. "She will be staying in Avonlea and visiting our family while her father is in Africa."

"Nice ta meet ya there Lily."

"Hello Gus." Lily said. "It is nice to meet you."

* * * * *

Kyle had followed Izzy, Felix, and Teddy to where Gus was, and let them speak their minds. He nodded his head in agreement, here and there, and looked confused when Morgan tried a pity act. Later, when they noticed Felicity, Andrew, and some new girl heading their way, Kyle hung back. For one, he didn't want to get into the cross fire of Felicity if she found out Gus had a bit to drink, and two, he knew where the group was positioned. Long time ago, on hikes with his cousin, they came across an abandoned house that was supposedly haunted. On a dare, he climbed into an open window and walked through it. He was scared to death, but halfway through the house, he realized it wasn't haunted; it just needed a good cleaning. Looking around him, Kyle got an idea. He thought he'd scare everyone. 'They haven't noticed I'm missing yet, so it's a great opportunity,' he thought to himself.

So, Kyle snuck around them, through the woods and waited for them to come closer to the house. As he did so, he gathered a few things that would make for great camouflage.

* * * * *

Teddy suddenly looked up a tangled hill and gasped in terror. "Oh no!" he said while noticing a large estate in the distance, barely visible above the tree line.

"What's wrong Teddy?" Gus said.

"Oh Gus," Teddy said with wide eyes, "you don't want to know. That's the estate of an evil woman! They say she's a vampire that drinks blood at midnight! Her name is Lisilee, the bloodsucking vampire!"

"Ah Teddy," Gus laughed, "that must be just an old folk tale."

"Nobody lives there anymore, Teddy," Felicity mused. "It's an old wives tale."

"Avonlea's got plenty of them." Felix muttered, remembering the Lloyd house.

"Felix dear," Felicity said, "you don't need to remind us about what happened with you and Sara at the old Lloyd mansion."

"Then I won't dearest sister!" Felix replied.

"If it's a folk tale, then why don't you go up there," Morgan told Gus while stepping out of the underbrush. "I dare you!"

"Morgan, what's your problem?" Felicity wondered.

"My problem? Let me give you a few clues." (Counts with fingers) Sails in the sunset. Minnie May Barry. My sister and someone who I thought was my best friend! That's my problem."

"That was just a dream Morgan! You can't blame Minnie May Barry and Izzy for a dumb dream you had!" returned Teddy.

"You don't want to know," replied Izzy. She then turned to her brother. "We'll all go if you go!"

"Y-You mean I could actually join you all?" Morgan said with surprise.

"You heard Iz," Teddy replied.

"And no, Felix King," Felicity jumped in, "No stories about how you once thought you were a vampire like Dracula."

Felix glared at his sister. "I wasn't going to say anything, sister of mine, but don't worry, I won't say anything about *your* face when I told you I wanted your blood."

"I'm just thankful you're not a vampire, Felix King," Felicity mused. She then looked at Lily and added, "I'm surprised Andrew didn't introduce them earlier. This is my brother Felix; his best friend Izzy Pettibone, her brother Morgan; and their friend Teddy MacPherson. This is Lily Taylor; she's staying at the hotel. Andrew and I were showing her around Avonlea. Believe me, none of you want to go into that house. There's no such thing as vampires." She also gave Felix an evil eye. "And besides, that house has been deserted since goodness-knows-when."

"Hi Lily, join the gang," Teddy welcomed the new girl.

"Nice to meet you." Felix said. "And I'm NOT a vampire, but if I were I wouldn't eat my sister's blood, it's too sour."

"And I wouldn't want you sucking on it, either, Felix dear," was Felicity's sarcastic reply. "I might have gotten blood poisoning from your dirty fangs."

Felix gave her a cocky grin. "More likely, it's the other way around, Felicity *darling*"

"I am sure your not." Lily replied smiling. "One time while I was staying in Scotland there was known to be a haunted house. I was scared to death of it." Lily told them.

"Lily, there is no such thing as haunted houses," replied Felicity. "They're just old wives tales made up to scare children."

Felix shrugged, "Something can be haunted if people make it out to be. Look at the woods, it scares half of Avonlea since Anne Shirley said it was haunted!"

"I'm still game," returned Izzy. "I'll go if Morgan goes." She looked to see if the others would agree with her.

"What have we got to lose?" Felix asked.

"Nothing!" Felicity jumped back in.

"See? Absolutely nothing. Let's go!" Izzy urged. Before she could get far...

Peter Craig had just arrived back in Avonlea from visiting his mother. He had to live on his own for a few more months while his mother found a new job. He walked into a bunch of people in the woods and immediatly noticed Felix King. "Hello Felix." Peter said smiling.

"Hello Peter," Felicity greeted before giving Felix a chance. She introduced him to Lily.

"Hello Peter," Felix answered, I'm glad you met 'Felix'." he made a face at Felicity.

"Well, are we going to go into the old house or what?" Izzy was losing her patience.

"By all means!" Felix answered. "Lets go!"

Kyle watched as the group drew nearer to the house, still debating on entering. 'I'll follow them in,' he decided to himself. 'They'll never suspect it's me, and they'll think it's a ghost! This'll be great!' he thought as a mischievous smile crossed his face. He kept a close eye on all of them as they reluntantly made their way for the house.

"Sheesh, if you don't all shut up, that vampires going to hear us," Morgan retorted. "It's a wonder we haven't woken up every blood sucker in the woods with all your big mouths."

"Watch yer manners," Gus scornfully told Morgan.

"Sorry," Morgan said and then picked up a stick from the underbrush. "Before we enter the house, you each need to know the basics on how to defend yourselves against vampires." He held up the stick. "Lesson one. To properly kill a vampire, who is of the blood sucking type as Lisilee, you have to stab her through the heart with a stake!"

"We know that already," Gus said. "Just go!"

"Yeah, I double dog dare you!" Teddy said.

"Fine," Morgan said. "I'll go first and then tell you all when the coast is clear."

Before they could reply, Morgan ran up the hill and past the old iron gate of the estate. Soon, he disappeared into the dark manner and after a few moments, they heard a yell. "Aaaaarghhh!"

"Oh no!" Teddy said, "Lisilee got Morgan!"

"Great," Izzy said. "Now I suppose we should go in after him. Come on..." Izzy led the way.

"Ah'm right with ya," Gus said and followed the brave Pettibone soldier girl.

"Izzy, I have an idea," Teddy said while finding two sticks. He cut the edges in a sharp manner with his scout knife and handed one of the stakes to Izzy and kept the other for himself. "Iz, If were going to fight vampires, we might as well go in armed."

"Good idea." Izzy took the stake in her hand and continued toward the house.

Meanwhile, Felicity gave Felix another evil eye, as if to say, "No trickery, Felix King!"