Van Helsing Fan Fiction- Anna's POV

Recently I watched Van Helsing and I loved it! I am very upset that there will not be a sequel because of bad ratings of the film but I guess this leaves things untold and sometimes that is a good thing. My favourite character in the film apart from Van Helsing and Count Dracula and Valken was Princess Anna. She was very courageous and brave and emotionally and physically strong. When she died at the end of the film I was sooo sad! So I decided to write a fan fiction. It is my first one which I have published here so I am very nervous! I do not mind bad reviews but if you do not like my story then please explain why. I don't appreciate comments like this: It was rubbish, you can't write at all! That is not very helpful to me and would really hurt my feelings! So please feel free to review but please, please give constructive criticism.

A/N: I guess I am gonna have to explain a few things first so I don't get reviews from people who say they don't understand how Anna is alive. Let me clear stuff like that up before you read the story. First Anna is alive but not in the 'living world'. It is more like she is in a different world, heaven I guess! But in order to avoid protest from holy people I have not described it in detail. I imagine this place where people go when they have died in the living world as a place where time stands still and it is impossible to tell when the day has ended because there is not night time or at least it doesn't seem so. ;) But days still pass on earth and if people in this place have someone back on earth that they love, whether it be family or a friend, then they can watch over that person. Well I think I have explained it all.

This is my first story so I apologise in advance if it is:

Stupid

Not humanly possible

Slightly confusing

OOC

Anyway on with the tale…

Chapter 1

As I look down on him, I know how much I hurt him. When I died, I felt no pain but now as I watch over him I see the sorrow in his eyes, the pain. But what can I do? He thinks I am gone forever, but I know that we could have the chance to see each other again. Just a small chance, but still a chance.

As the morning sun rises, spreading its warming rays over the vast plains I see Van Helsing and Carl, and my body placed upon a pyre. They stand on the edge of a mountain which drops down into the sea. I gasp in wonder, never before had I seen the sea but it is most beautiful! Then I remember what I once said to Van Helsing, how I told him I had never seen the sea, but wished too. He had remembered my words from long ago! As I stare down at them closely Van Helsing casts the burning torch into the pyre, beside my body. As the flames lick around my corpse, consuming my body, I see him close his eyes in grief. Carl mutters a prayer for me, Van Helsing opens his eyes and I see that they are glistening over with tears. A single tear trickles down his handsome face as he stares down at the ground. Then he looks up, right at me and I smile. As he gazes on in wonder my family appear beside me, I smile at them too. Valken, my mother, my father! But I know that seeing them again came at a heavy cost. The price of death, never seeing my love again. I never told him just how deeply I loved him and now I never will be able to. But still he stares up at my face so I smile warmly at him and a single tears drips down my face. Then he looks away, and Carl comes over to comfort him. They are both silent and Van Helsing takes a deep breath and places his black duster upon his head, which is still bowed sadly. Then I watch them as they both mount their horses and Carl slowly urges his into a slow trot. I watch as Van Helsing takes one last look at my corpse and then turns his horse away, over the rocky mountains of Transylvania.

If only there was a way of telling him! I am here, I am still here though my body may not be. I can still see you, to watch over you. I will always watch over you, no matter what. You cannot see me, but I can see you. I can see you now as you sleep fitfully on your bed. I can see you now as you toss and turn. I can see you now as you suddenly bolt up. I can see you now as your breathing is harsh and then becomes normal again. As I see all this I try to speak to you, "Van Helsing…I will always be with you. Watching you, I will never leave you…I promise." He gasped and I knew he had heard my message, I smiled happily at him, as his eyes grew wide in surprise. I gently placed a kiss upon his lips and then drifted off slowly as I heard my family calling to me.

Valken walked swiftly over to me and embraced me warmly but when he saw that tears were upon my face he asked, "My dear Anna what is wrong?" I shook my head and tried to hold back the tears, "Oh it's just….just…" I trailed off, the tears now running down my face. "What!" he asked again placing his hands on my shoulders. I looked up at him, slowly and as he wiped away the tears gently I said quietly, "Van Helsing." That was all I could say but Valken knew what I meant. "You miss him?" he asked delicately and I burst out in tears, sobbing. He embraced me warmly and I buried my face in his hair, weeping. "I really liked him…loved him! No I still do: I love him, Valken! And now I cannot ever be with him! I just want to let him know that I am still here, still alive! My soul is still here! Oh Velken!" I sobbed loudly and he patted me on my back, hushing me quietly and cradling me in his strong arms.


Chapter 2

I wasn't usually one to wear my heart on my sleeve, never had been but now it was different. Completely different. I woke when the sun was just setting on the horizon, at least it was in the living world. Here it was always daylight so there was no way of telling when one day finished and another began. Because of this the minutes ticked by slowly, creeping into hours and then days. Time seemed endless. And this was how the days grew on and on. I often stayed in the company of Velken, it was so good to have him back and know that he wouldn't change into a werewolf while I was near him! But he came into my room and sat down beside me. He took my hand into his and smiled. "Dear sister." A smile crept onto my face and he cupped my cheek, "I have not seen you smile in many days. It does my heart good to see you smile again." I smiled even broader and he beamed with joy.

I hugged him again and then whispered in my ear, "Anna, I have something to tell you." I looked at him in surprise, what was he about to say!

"Yes?" I asked curiously.

He looked closely at me, "There is a way you can be with Van Helsing again, I can see that he was dear to you. There's a way."

I stared at him in shock, "How!"

He gulped and smiled slightly, "One whom is bound to you must be sacrificed in order for you to be sent back to your beloved."

I looked at him, confused, "One who is bound to you?" Then I realised what he meant, "Valken no! no!" I exclaimed, "You cannot! No Valken!" He looked at me and then spoke quietly, "You loved him? Yes you did, didn't you? And you still do. I cannot imagine anything worse than wanting to be with your love but are denied of it. It is almost like a cage which you want to break free from. You are always reaching but the thing you desire is out of your reach. A cage…" he mused.

"But Valken, he killed you? How is it that you are willing to sacrifice yourself?"

Valken sighed heavily and went to the window in my room. He slammed his hand on the edge of the sill, "Yes. But he did what he needed to do. I would have hurt many people, Anna but mostly you. Do you remember that night when I came to the house? I almost attacked you! If Van Helsing had not been there then I may have done so. Remember that? He was only trying to protect the people and to be honest if the roles had been reversed I would have shot him." He explained to me. I rose from the bed, going over to stand beside him at the window.

He faced me, "Van Helsing was the one who helped you to defeat Dracula and allow our family to pass the gates of St Peters."

I nodded and added, "Although actually I didn't really do much! He told me to stay alive till Dracula was killed. But I did that. Just a shame I was killed afterwards!" I laughed slightly and Valken smiled.

"I would do this for you, I can see how much you care about him. I will do it." He said firmly and went to walk out of the room but I grabbed him by the arm.

"No Valken! No. As much as I love Van Helsing you couldn't do that for me! One day we may be together. He will pass the gates of St Peters one day and we will see each other again. Please don't! You can't sacrifice yourself!" I cried and sank to the bed again.

The truth was I knew that the words which I was speaking did not show how I really felt. I would do anything to be with Van Helsing, anything. But I had never realised just how much I loved him until it was too late and we couldn't be together. I shut my eyes, memories floating around in my head. Fond memories. I felt the bed groan slightly, Valken must have sat down beside me. I felt his arm go around my waist and he pulled me close and hugged me. I kept my eyes shut and the memories swarmed around in my head. I concentrated and then the memories appeared before me, as if a projector was playing the movie of my life!

I saw an image of my childhood, my father and brother beside me. Like one big happy family, except my mother had died. The next memory flashed about in my head. One where Valken and I were hunting for the werewolf. I saw an image of when we had devised a plan and it was all set. Valken was tied to a wooden mast, used as bait to tempt the horrid creature. And then it had sprung and Valken had tried to climb up the rope but it had got stuck but then wham! A cage had trapped the monster and Valken went to shoot it, but! The cage had crashed up into him and his gun fell to the forest floor. In vain all the hunters with us had tried to shoot at the creature but I heard Valken shout, "Find my gun! Find my gun!" It needed to be his gun, the silver bullets. So I raced towards it but at that moment the bloody rope had snapped sending the creature to the floor, in front of me. I ran away in terror, panting heavily and I knew the creature was pursuing me, quickly. I ran forwards and burst through the undergrowth only to be met by the edge of a steep cliff. I wheeled round swiftly and saw the monster flying towards me, its sharp claws ready, its mouth dripping with saliva. Then I felt something push me out of the way and I fell to the ground. A gunshot! And then a scream! I got up quickly, in time to see the creature disappear over the edge of the cliff with Valken. I heard a splash from far below as they hit the rushing, churning waters below. I remember being overcome with sorrow and disbelief as it sank in that Valken was gone.

Now I opened my eyes, not wanting to remember any more. Valken still held me close and his eyes were full of concern, "Anna? Are you all right? Anna?"

I shook my head to rid my mind of the memory and turned to him, "Yes. I am fine." I told him, sadly.

I was remembering how grievous the days had been that followed that fateful day. Valken had gone. And Dracula was still not killed and I had felt as if it was up to me to rid my family of the curse of the Count. I remembered how sad I had been, wandering around the lonely halls of the house which our family had lived in for generations before. First my father had disappeared and then my brother and the house felt so… so empty without them.

And then one night when Van Helsing had arrived a werewolf got into the house and from the moment it appeared I knew that it was him, it was Valken! And my heart had filled with joy then, but then the reality of it all had come crashing back to me. He was a werewolf! Bitten! Cursed! But still I had been glad that he was at least still alive!

Now I looked at him, in the fading light and I saw that his mind seemed to be made up. He nodded to me and left my room, leaving me to my thoughts...