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"Sure" Lore said as he opened up a portal "straight through there you will be back in Dream Valley, Iris, would you like to come with me or go with Calla?"

Iris looked at Calla "we will be with you shortly alright? We will just go get this potion and will meet you by the lake in Dream Valley?" She suggestion to her friend.

Iris gestured towards the door "come on, lets go see Eternity" she said as she started to leave with him.

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After picking up a bunch of potions she and Lore stood by the lake, thinking they were early "I guess she will be here soon" she said to Lore who was nearly finished eating some cotton candy.

It was cheesy, she always thought that, in this day and age that meeting guys who ARE so gentlemanly were a thing of the past, she met them in her paintings and yet they actually SUITED her paintings eras and so seeing them here well...she just thought the didn't exist and if they did it was just some ploy to get the girl into bed or just mask what they are truly like just so they get the girl but she couldn't place it, Calla may be right, there was something about this guy that actually made him seem genuine. Iris blushed as her hoof was kissed and smiled coyly at him "thank you, it's a pleasure to meet you also, can't say much about Calla talking about you but then apparently you are a new comer to her herd so I guess I get to see what you are like" she said smiling a little more, he was cute and a gentleman at that, maybe this little 'date' wouldn't be so bad, she always did love the gentleman types, this may just turn out to be fun.

Lore finished his cotton candy and placed the stick into his bag and pulled out a large sized red foiled milk chocolate heart from the bag Eternity gave him and walked over to Calla and handed it to her whilst the other two got to know each other "for you, I picked up some cotton candy and thought you might like this" he said smiling at her.

Lore shook his head "your'e welcome and no, we just practically got here when you turned up so it was good timing" he said looking at the other "I never thought the one you were bringing was a vampire" he said whispering into Calla's ear "I hope when Iris finds out she isn't upset" he said, hoping she wouldn't judge him poorly because of it.

Iris smiled a bit more "well then, I guess it is time we, both Calla and I, if she isn't too busy with Lore, get to know you a bit more, might be rather interesting to say the least" she said happily, please, for once, that a blind date (of sorts) has worked out well for her...so far anyway, it will be nice to see what hes truly like.

"Because she hasn't even been on a date before with a normal guy and so throwing her into the deep end with a guy who could end up making her his meal may not go down too well with her, not saying that he would but still, it may not be to her liking, I know she isn't the judgmental type but still, maybe setting her up with a vampire may not have been a good thing" he said to her, still whispering in her ear, watching the other two.

Iris whispered back to him "well...that I have no idea about buuuut they are not exactly 'dating', they seem to be hitting it off rather nicely but this 'date' they are going on tomorrow is more of a 'get to know each other' sort of thing more then an actual date, I think they will cross the 'now lets tell father' bridge when they get to it, IF they get to it."

"I don't and I am not, I am not the judgemental type at all" he said with a sigh "but I do admit that when vampires are concerned I am a little weary of them, Raven, before we were parted as children, was bitten by one and I couldn't do anything to save her, she is alright now and the bite marks are nothing more then two small scars but when you see your sister be bitten and can't do anything to stop them you end up feeling useless and end up being a little weary of all vampires. I don't mean to be but after seeing Raven get bitten and now see him it just hit a bit too close to home for me thats all" he said, whispering to her, hoping she didn't think badly of him, he kept an open mind 99% of the time but when vampires were concerned it was the only breed of pony hes been a bit close minded towards, it was something he didn't like about himself but he couldn't help it, regardless whether he was a foal or not, he was brought up, before their parents died, to look after his sisters, not watch one of them become a vampires meal.

"It is and we are, depends on what era you care to go to" she said as she turned to the others "we are ready when you are" she said, glad that her house wasn't too far out of Dream Valley.

"Then let us go, best to not keep you ponys waiting too long" she said as she looked at Lore "any chance you can open a portal to my home? It would be faster.

Lore nodded "sure" he said as he opened a portal and gestured everyone to go through it "after you lot" he said smiling at them.

Iris walked through and looked up at her home, something she couldn't thank Coven enough for and she loved it, inside had all original fixtures and what not, it really was a home right out of one of her paintings "Everyone, welcome to my home" she said as she sighed, she couldn't get enough of living here and the insides were just to die for, old gothic archways and beams and original rooms, furniture etc, she really couldn't be happier living here, especially when there was a lot of room for her paintings also.

Lore looked up and nodded "yes, I must say, this is a really beautiful home, you live here by yourself?" He asked, silly question but still, it seems like she needs maids or something to just help clean up the place and even then it seems it may take forever to do, even his family home wasn't THIS big.

Iris nodded "yes, I do, i prefer it that way" she said as she blushed a little "thank you Ambrosius" she said as she started towards her place "please, come in" she said as she walked to the door and opened it, inside was the entrance way which had the main grand staircase, original condition, a few doors leading to different places and then hallways leading down to different places again "I will go to the Gallery, it will be better there, I have alot of paintings I still need to put up so they are still sitting against the walls upstairs" she said as she started up the stairs.

Lore followed, taking in the house, this place was beautiful, far more then his, his was Victorian Gothic but this was,from the looks of it, just a Gothic home and a beautiful one at that.