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A car sped through the woods at breakneck speed. It kicked up dirt and leaves as it followed a narrow path through thick fog and dead trees.

Several strange looking figures followed behind the car holding suitcases.

Part of the ground opened up and a secret entrance appeared. The car drove down the path and into a tunnel. It lead to a very long bridge which lead to the giant castle.

A man with a Jack-o-Lantern for a head climbed out of the drivers seat and opened the back door of the car.

Multiple wolf pups chaotically rushed out, followed by their pregnant mother and lastly, their father.

"Yeah, it's a mess back there." The father said, handing the driver some money.

A few zombies approached the car and punched their way in to grab the luggage.

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Inside the building, Dracula descended down a staircase and opened his arms in greeting, to all the monsters that were currently in the lobby.

"Welcome to Hotel Transylvania!" He announced.

A skeleton mariachi band played as Dracula handed out pamphlets to passing monsters.

"Human-free since 1898. Your safest destination. Take the itinerary. I have personally designed a spectacular schedule of events, all leading to my son's birthday extravaganza tomorrow."

"We always look forward to coming every year, Count." A gremlin told him. "We enjoy the safety so much."

"Of course, that's why we built it." Dracula said.

Suddenly, a suit of armor came running towards Dracula.

"Sir, sir, sir! We have an urgent plumbing issue." He reported.

"Plumbing? On it. Mr. Ghouligan!" Dracula yelled.

A zombie wearing a plumbers outfit appeared.

"There is a clogged toilet in room 348." The knight told him.

A giant furry monster shrugged and growled sheepishly.

"It's okay. We all get stomach aches, Mr. Bigfoot."

Mr. Ghouligan groaned sadly, glancing at his small plunger.

Suddenly, a wave of wolf pups burst through revolving door to the hotel. They ran around, knocking stuff and people over, and peeing on the rug.

"Hey, kids reel it in. You're only supposed to make mom and dad miserable." Their father grumbled.

Dracula picked up his cape which had one of the kids chewing on it.

"Now, now. Is that anyway to behave? This is a hotel, not a cemetery." He lightly scolded.

"Sorry Uncle Drac." The wolf pup apologized.

"What's up Drac?" The wolfman greeted.

"Wayne, my old friend!" Dracula threw an arm around him.

"We couldn't wait for this weekend. Always great to be out of the shadows for a couple of days."

"The family looks beautiful." Dracula complimented. "Let me just clean up their filth. Housekeeping!"

Several witches zoomed into the room on brooms and used their magic to fix the mess the wolf pups made.

Some of the kids ran into some zombies carrying giant boxes. They dropped them, and one of the boxes opened and a head rolled onto the ground and bounced into Dracula's hands.

"Frankie, my boy! Look at you! Still traveling by mail, Mr. Cheapo, huh?"

"It's not a money thing. I have a plane phobia." Frank defended. "I mean, at any moment, those engines could catch..."

"Fire." Wayne finished. "Yeah, we know. 'Fire bad!' We know."

Dracula handed Frank's head to Wayne to scold the zombies who were putting Frank's body together wrong.

"Augustus, Porridge Head, come on! Does that look like Frankenstein's head?"

Behind him, Drac's cape seemed to be floating on its own.

"Hey, Drac, buddy, what's going on with your cape there?" Wayne asked.

"What do you mean-Ah!" Drac yelled as someone pinched him. "Who pinched me?!" He demanded.

A pair of floating glasses appeared in front of Dracula. "It's me! Sorry, you're irresistible." Griffin, a.k.a The Invisible Man admitted.

"See, very nice, Invisible Man." Dracula rolled his eyes. "Hello. Great to 'see' you." Dracula, joked.

He, Wayne and Frank laughed at that, as the Invisible Man took his glasses off.

"Ah, never gets old." He commented.

Drac suddenly got slapped in the face. He growled and tried to hit him back, but he couldn't see him.

"Missed me." He teased, before kicking Drac in the gut.

Drac extended his claws and tried to swipe at him.

"Missed me, missed me, missed me." The Invisible Man mocked.

"Okay, you win. Hold this bacon." Dracula handed him a slip of bacon.

"Why am I holding-?"

Wayne's kids jumped all over him to get the bacon.

"Ah! No! Get 'em off!" The Invisible Man screamed.

Drac, Wayne, and Frank laughed at him, when a sudden gust of wind blew through the lobby. A huge pile of sand appeared in front of the door and a mummy appeared on top of it.

"Here comes the party!" He yelled as he slid down the pile of sand.

"Hello Murray!" Dracula greeted.

"Drac! What's up buddy?!" Murray went in for a hug, but Drac dodged him.

"The sand, Murray, the sand! Always with the sand!" He scolded.

Murray went over to Wayne and his wife. "Wolfie! Wanda! Frank!"

Murray grabbed Frank's head and roared in his face. Frank roared back, and Murray hugged him.

"I love this guy! He always bringing his full tilt. You're looking skinny, too. Now that your just a head."

"Okay, you'll pay for that." Frank promised.

A zombie grabbed Frank's head and attached it to his torso. Only his head was where his arm should be.

"So what's up Drac?" Murray asked, walking over to Dracula. "The hotel is looking off the hook.

Frank leaned over to Wanda and Wayne. "Hey, guys, watch this."

Frank managed to make his legs stand up and walk behind Murray. He let out a giant fart and made it look like Murray was the one who did it.

Dracula frowned deeply at him. "You're kidding me. Right in my lobby?"

"Drac, I swear man, I don't run like that." Murray defended.

"Housekeeping!"

A witch flew in on her broom and sucked the gas into a vacuum and sprayed it into the fire place, causing a huge blaze.

"I was not the cause of that." Murray told a female mummy.

Dracula looked at the display in disinterest before a spider dropped down in front of his face.

"We're ready!" It announced.

Dracula looked up at the ceiling and saw a huge spider web that had the words, 'Happy 118th Birthday Maven' written in it.

"If only Martha we're here to see this." Wanda sighed.

"She's always here, Wanda." Dracula reminded her, putting a hand to his heart.

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"Okay friends!" Dracula announced, gaining everyone's attention.

"I am so glad you are here to celebrate. Another birthday for my sweet little Maven, and another successful year of refuge from them!"

Dracula pointed to a giant white screen. A zombie turned on a projector, that showed pictures of humans.

"These are recent human images our surveillance has uncovered."

The slides cut to a heavy man eating a sandwich.

"They are getting fatter so as to overpower us."

Another slide showed two humans wearing shorts and tank tops.

"And they are wearing less clothing, allowing more movement to strangle us or cut open our heads and put candy in them."

Another slide showed a chubby little boy eating an ice cream cone.

"But they will never find us here." Dracula pointed at the kid with hatred. "Evil villain, you will never win!"

"Okie dokie. The fun starts in 30 minutes. Right now I have to see my little boy." Dracula announced.

"He's not so little anymore!" Frank called after him as he got into the elevator.

"Yes, he is!" Dracula's eyes turned red and he snarled, before smiling again as the elevator doors closed.

His friends looked at him in shock, before they looked over at another moving box.

"What's going on out there? Are we at the hotel?" A long finger cut open the box from the inside and Frank's wife's arm was holding up her head.

"Frank, did you book us for a tandem massage? Did you get us a table at Hunchback's? Did you do anything?" She complained.

Suddenly, the box closed and someone appeared to be sitting on it.

"You're welcome." Griffin said.

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