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Once upon a time there was an adorable little 

girl named Drusilla. But Drusilla wasn’t like 

other girls, she was a vampire! Her mother 

was also a vampire but her father was sadly a 

mortal man. This meant that he could not live 

with Drusilla and her mother because they 

might get hungry for a midnight snack. So 

Drusilla and her mother lived happily together. 

One day at school Drusilla and her other vampire friends 

were learning about their ancestors and making family 

trees. All of her friends had vampire dads and Drusilla 

felt very left out. She didn’t even know who her dad was. 

After they were all finished making their family trees and 

they went home, Drusilla asked her mother, Natalia, who 

her father was. Natalia said that Drusilla’s father, 

William, had been killed by a vampire slayer only a few 

weeks after Drusilla had told him that she was pregnant. 

But when Natalia told her this, she wouldn’t look Drusilla 

in the eye and Drusilla found this very suspicious. So the 

next day Drusilla went to go see her very old 

grandmother, Gwendoline, to ask her about her father. 

Gwendoline heard a knock on her door and answered it to find 

Drusilla. She made Drusilla’s favorite snack, scream cheese and 

they sat in the parlor. Drusilla asked Gwendoline who her father 

was and Gwendoline told her that Her father was actually a mortal 

man who had been in love with her mother. Her mother knew that 

they could have no future together unless she turned him into a 

vampire and she refused to do that just yet. They continued seeing 

each other in secret until Natalia became pregnant. She told 

William and told him that she would be willing to turn him into a 

vampire so he could live with her and their child, but William was 

afraid, so he ran away. He tried to contact her last year and tell her 

that he was ready to be a father and ready to transform into a 

vampire but she told him that she would not let him and not to 

contact her family again. He obeyed and Natalia hadn’t heard from 

him since. Drusilla then told Gwendoline what Natalia had told her 

about her father and Gwendoline told Drusilla that Natalia had been 

lying.

Drusilla told Gwendoline that she wanted to meet her father 

so Gwendoline gave her the letter from William that she had 

received about a year ago. The letter had his address, 12 

Morehampton Rd., Dublin, Ireland, and Gwendoline tells 

Drusilla that she should meet her father and sends her on 

her way.

Drusilla went home and packed a bag with plenty of 

clothes, money, and food to last her a while. She 

left a note for her mother and headed out to her 

grandmother’s house. Gwendoline gave her a bag of 

bagels and scream cheese   along with a few other 

items and sent her on her way, wishing her good 

luck. Drusilla walked to the caravan station and got 

on the first train going to Dublin, Ireland. The train 

ride took a few hours but she eventually arrived in 

Dublin and headed to the address. She was very 

nervous to meet her father and was shaking when 

she went to knock on his door. 

A woman answered and Drusilla was very 

confused. She asked the woman if William lived 

there. The woman said that there was a man 

named William who had sold her the house. He 

said that he was going to America to become rich. 

Drusilla was devastated at first but when the 

woman gave Drusilla the city name that her father 

said he was moving to. She said that he would be 

moving to New York City, the largest city in 

America.

Drusilla thanked the woman and was on 

her way to buy a vessel ticket to America. 

Once she bought the ticket she wrote 

another letter to her grandmother and then 

found a hotel to rest in for the night.

Drusilla woke up very early in the morning 

missing her mother and her grandmother. But 

she knew that she was doing the right thing 

and that she had chosen the right path. Her 

ship would board at eight A.M. and she would 

need to be there an hour early to get a good 

spot on the boat.

When Drusilla got to the boat she boarded but 

there were already hundreds of people on the 

boat. It was hard for her to find a spot on the 

boat but eventually a mother with her many 

children told Drusilla that she could take one of 

their cradle   and they could share. Drusilla 

was very grateful and began talking to the 

family. They were very kind to her and she 

made friends with them very quickly. The ship 

sailed for about 2 months and finally she 

landed on Ellis Island.

William had just been settled in his very small house 

along with many other families and had gotten a job 

at a meatpacking plant. He was not very happy 

but he was living and knew he knew that eventually 

he would be able to eat much more than he had 

been eating in Ireland due to the potato famine. He 

had left behind many of his friends but knew that he 

had to go. Over 1.5 million people had died in the 

Great Hunger and he didn’t want to be a part of 

those numbers He was missing his friends and his 

old town in Dublin but most of all he was missing 

Natalia and wondering what his daughter was like 

now.

Drusilla had gotten off the boat and was now 

overwhelmed by the busy atmosphere of Ellis 

Island. There were families being separated, 

babies crying, and a tenseness in the air. 

Drusilla knew that she would be able to pass 

all of the health tests because vampires can 

never be sick and since she was half mortal 

she still had a beating heart and looked human 

enough. She passed the many tests and finally 

was off Ellis Island in a record time of 2 days. 

Drusilla was now headed to New York City and decided that she 

would write to her mother and grandmother. 

“Dear Mom and Grandma, 

I just made it to America. Apparently William had to sell his 

house because he didn’t have enough money from his potato 

crops to live there anymore. The boat ride was long and hard 

and so was going through Ellis Island, where they’re screening 

all the immigrants that are coming into America, but I am now 

going to New York City where William is supposed to be. It’s 

going to be hard to find him and it may take many years but I 

want you both to know that I love you so much and not to worry 

about me. I’m doing well and can’t wait to find my dad.”

        Love,

        Drusilla 

William was working at his job at a meatpacking plant and 

was working in the underbuilding There were many other 

men there who he got to know pretty quickly. One man 

inparticular stuck out to him. His name was Giles. He was 

a bit paler than the other men and for a while there was 

something very off about him. One night both of their 

shifts ended at the same time and they walked to their 

houses together. They were both very tired and William 

asked Giles why he was so pale. Giles started laughing 

very hard and William saw his vampire fangs glinting in his 

mouth. William was astonished and asked Giles if he was a 

vampire. Giles said yes, he was, but he was a very tame 

vampire and he wouldn’t bite. William and Giles said 

goodbye and went their separate ways.

Drusilla got to New York City but no one could help her 

find her dad and she didn’t know anything about him 

except for his first name and where he came from and 

that was not very much to go on. She had to get a job 

at a textile company as a child laborer. She worked 

very long hours and hardly got paid enough to help the 

family she had moved in with pay for rent in their walk-

up She wanted to give up many times but the thought 

of finally meeting her dad kept her going strong.

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