So yeah, as much as I enjoy the lore of the Lords of Shadow series, I just thought that the use of that world's Walter Bernhard was missed opportunity, and I kind of want to experimented with the mythos a little bit since this short lived trilogy since it stars my one of my favorite versions of Count Dracula. Oh and expect maybe a few references to the original games' continuity and characters here and there. Please enjoy…

A pale skinned man with a red coat watched as the very city that surrounds his castle has rather recently began to finish rebuilding itself thanks to those lucky enough to survive what almost ending up becoming "Hell on Earth". Though this man has prevented that from happening, he was no angel.

However, he used to be one God's warrior's. His name was Gabriel Belmont, a man who had done what many people impossible which was kill Satan himself not once, but twice. Once as the Champion of Light: Gabriel, and the second time as the Prince of Darkness with the name he had given himself centuries ago (and seemingly plans to keep for the of rest of his life): Dracula…

It's been four months since Satan himself made his return to Earth, four month since this whole city almost became a small portion of The Devil's personal playground for himself and probably his children too.

"Lost in thought father?" A voice spoke out behind him. The vampire lord turned around to see his son Alucard walking up right behind him still wearing the gothic looking armor he stole a while back. He stood right next to him looking out at the city. "It is quite a change isn't it?"

Gabriel just nodded in agreement. "It's shame that Victor could not live to see this city finely getting back on its feet. Tell me son, am I really the last Belmont?"

"I'm afraid so, why do you ask?"

"I continue to look, and wonder if something were to happen… if someone like Satan or his acolytes were to come back again… Are we mankind's best line of defense?"

"Your success in saving them wasn't too long ago father, I think we all can rest easy now." Alucard said carefully, "Maybe you should take a break. Leave the castle and see what else has come and gone during your absence."

The older vampire thought about this for a moment. "Where should I go?"

"Well technically this is your city. Why not explore it? As I said before, we can all rest easy now."

After putting more thought into the idea, Gabriel decided that maybe a night on the town wouldn't be so bad, especially when there were no monsters to complicate things. "Just be sure to tell your mother." The Lord of Shadow stated earning a nod from the younger vampire. Gabriel then jumped off the railing quickly turning into a swarm of bats flying to no real specific location.

Gabriel had spent a good hour or two in the Downtown area where he got more of a good look at the homes and business buildings that had designs and lengths that peaked his interest earlier. Most of the apartments were either being rebuilt, getting brand new residents, or just completely abandoned while Zobek's Emporium was catching the eyes of many Business CEOs and entrepreneurs. Rumors say that Zobek's building might actually end up getting turn into a hospital to help those not recovering that well even after the plague started. Of course he did also get some weird looks from the people who were walking around on the streets which really didn't bother the former monster hunter in the slightest.

One woman on the streets looked up to the sky with a gasp as many others (including Gabriel turned to that direction) watching as the whole sky turned into a dark shade of purple with the sun being blocked out by some sort of solar eclipse Gabriel could've sworn heard what sounded like the click of a lock as what he watched what he assumed was the moon completely blocking out the sun.

The last Belmont sighed. "What now?" He asked narrowing his eyes both in annoyance and concern. Even though Gabriel was indeed something crazy to happen around here, he wouldn't expect it to happen so soon with the damage that was already undone.

But that ended up being the least of his problems. Gabriel then suddenly felt dizzy as grabbed his head in pain, he concluded that whatever was going on around him was affecting him as well as he slowly fell to the ground unconscious.

A few hours later, Gabriel woke up grabbing his head once feeling a migraine trying his best to shrug it off. His eyes went wide sitting up as he checked his surroundings as he was sitting on an old sleeping bag inside a camping tent he took a peek outside the door and saw that he was in still in Castlevania City, but this time he was in the the alleyways where he saw many other tents and makeshift shelters with a few people sitting outside them doing things such as: as praying to God for answers and protection, listening to radio that one of the residents there own or watching that TV they had. Gabriel looked up into the sky and saw that it was still a dark shade of purple along with eclipse still in its place. Gabriel looked around a second time and muttered to himself: "I find it hard to believe that I somehow missed this."

"You wouldn't be the first one to do so." A younger voice spoke up. Gabriel turned to see a young man who looked no older than seventeen wearing a purple hoodie with a black denim vest over it and a pair of white fingerless gloves carrying a bowl of soup. "I assume that you are the one who lives in that castle."

"Aye, I am." The last Belmont answered accepting the soup drinking half of it straight from the bowl, however he begin to think more on the question and sense that there was something wrong. "However, I feel like something… happened to not just to the world around us by to me somehow…"

"What do you mean exactly?"

"After making myself lord of the Castle, I couldn't help but feel that more than just that, like it became a part of me somehow. Now I as if that connection between me and it is completely gone."

"Do you think someone may have taken up residence in there while you were gone?" The young man asked carefully.

"Seems like the only explanation for it. Though I'm not sure where it would cause the moon to block out the sun, that's something completely beyond my power."

"At least we can see it's just the moon and sun, I'm just wondering why the sky itself is that color." The boy stated with Gabriel nodding in agreement taking another sip of the soup. As a vampire, Gabriel doesn't really eat normally food like he used to, but he had to admit did taste pretty good even if it wouldn't sistian him. The two then heard screaming coming from the other homeless civilians outside completely altering them. The two saw then looked up seeing some human sized demon with sickly light gray skin, spiked tails, and bat like wings attacking people left and right.

The vampire walked out into the opening letting out a whistle grabbing the demons' attention causing them to hiss at him. The last Belmont just smirked in response. "Guessed I missed a few." He said jokingly.

One of the demon goes in for the kill, but Gabriel surprises it but summoning a whip made from his own blood cutting it in half. It didn't take to kill the other three demons with almost little to no effort, which was more than enough to get some mixed reactions from the crowd. Some looked at Gabriel with new found sense of hope while others backed away in fear.

The young man before walked over besides the vampire observing the one demon that suffered had the least severe injuries. "We're not safe here of these things are coming here to attack us." He then turned to Gabriel and asked: "Wanna see something crazy?"

The vampire then gave an unsure nod getting the boy the okay. He walked over to the fallen monster and suddenly, both of his hand were covered in glowing blue flames surprising Gabriel. He then placed but hands on the dead demon engulfing him in the blue flames. Within seconds, the demon rose back up with its wounds completely healed and his eyes now giving of a bright blue glow. Gabriel was about to fight it again but stopped himself when he saw that it did not immediately attack like it did a few moments ago. In fact, the demon seemed rather docile now confusing the last Belmont. Though what surprised him even more was when he looked around and saw that nobody in the crowd even flinched when the demon came back to life.

"What the hell are you playing at boy?" Gabriel asked the supposed necromancer.

"Guess now would be good time to tell you, but I'm learning to become a Devil Forgemaster."

"A what?"

"A Devil Forgemaster, someone who can bring dead creatures back to life or could even have spirits and demons inhabit their bodies." He explained. "I've done this with a few times with a few rats and even some dead pigeons to help find some food for us that wasn't already in the garbage. The people around here call them "Innocent Devils", not hard to see why."

Gabriel nodded impressed, but had to ask: "Tell me lad, what is a young man of such talent doing living here in the gutters?"

"Well my parents kicked me out of the house when they found out about my "Talents", and since I had nowhere else to go the people here welcomed me in with open arms." The young man explained plainly. "Besides, we actually had another Forgemaster living here a while ago but he sort of disappeared from us. I'm not even sure if any of us will even see him again."

"So I see, and I understand that you probably don't want to leave now that demons are walking among us once more."

"Right, at least with these leftover monster to use it should make things easier for me to hold anymore off that would come by here later. I assume you're going to take back your castle now."

"Smart boy." Gabriel said as he began to walk away but stopped himself looking back one last time. "What's your name lad?"

"Hector, and I think it's pretty obvious who you are. So I wish you luck, Lord Dra-"

"Just Dracula, but thanks." Gabriel finished once again turning into swarm of bats, this time flying back to the castle. While part of him was curious on how Hector already knew his name, he decided to worry about it later. When he arrived he saw that the whole portion that was still remotely part of its original architecture was completely covered in a red glowing forcefield with every other entry way seemingly blocked off as well.

After a few seconds the part of the forcefield that was covering the front gate vanished with the gates themselves opening up showing that he was definitely expected. When the vampire walked up to the front door he found a note clearly addressed to him.

"Nice job keeping the place clean, I look forward to meeting you.

-Walter"

"Walter? Why does that name sound so familiar?" He thought out loud, he then realized that "Walter" was probably luring him into a trap, especially when considering that he wanted the last Belmont to specifically come through that where he'll have to make a slight journey to his throne room where he would most likely find this "new lord of the castle". But at this point he didn't care, he knows that both his son and the ghost of his wife were still inside and something bad has probably already happened while he was away. "I just got my family, I will not lose them a second time." Gabriel muttered as opened the doors making his way inside preparing himself for whatever surprises maybe waiting for him.

So yeah, I decided to throw in Hector for a little bit of fan service (your welcome). Any way just what "surprises" are in store for Dracula? Only time will tell. Until Next Time…