Castlevania: Tales of the Grimm
Chapter 1
A/N: Here it is. The Castlevania/RWBY crossover I said I would probably be doing. Now for the sake of this crossover I will be using elements from Lords of Shadow instead of the main series. More specifically I will be using Alucard from the end of Mirror of Fate, but he will have already forged the Crissaegrim with the fragment of the Vampire Killer (which he found in Mirror of Fate). But enough of my talking. Let's get into Tales of the Grimm.
Disclaimer: I do not own either Castlevania or RWBY. They belong to their respective owners/creators (God rest Monty Oum's soul).
Quiet. That's how it has been ever since the defeat of Lord Dracula, formerly known as the Brotherhood of Light's greatest and most fierce warrior Gabriel Belmont. His fall was caused by a brave warrior known only as Simon Belmont. Though Simon did not fight alone. There was another warrior who fought by his side and helped him slay the former Brotherhood member. Said man was running towards a nearby village. He received a tip from someone that a group of sorcerers were trying to revive the Daemon Lord once again. Since news spread of Dracula's death fast, there have been many who tried to claim the title of "Prince of Darkness". But they were all foiled by this man who swore to watch over the new generation of man.
He had ghostly white skin and long white hair, as well as two yellow piercing eyes. He wore a long, teal colored coat with gold linings. The coat was unbuttoned and he wasn't wearing an undershirt of any sorts, revealing a well-built chest and abs. He also wore crimson gauntlets that were clawed at the finger tips as well as crimson armored boots. He was armed with his chain whip "Dark Pain" that was given to him by the Lost Soul and a new weapon that he forged with a fragment of the Vampire Killer and the fragments of two other powerful swords from the underworld. It was a broadsword curved upwards near the tip with an unusual design at the hilt. This weapon was the Crissaegrim, a weapon almost powerful enough to destroy Dracula. And who was this man that swore to protect mankind from the creatures of the night? It was the Prince of Darkness' own son, Alucard, formerly known as Trevor Belmont, the father of Simon. Trevor had met his gruesome fate in a battle he had with his father in 1073. He ended up being impaled by his own weapon while fighting the Dark Lord and being fed the corrupted blood of his father after he discovered that the Brotherhood warrior that he killed was his son. Though Trevor would not resurrect until 1103, where he would see the pale shadow of his former self, meet his grown up son and destroy Dracula forever. After the battle, Trevor decided to isolate himself from society until he could cope with what had become. After he visited the grave of his wife who had perished by the hands werewolves under Dracula's orders, he swore that he would protect and watch over humanity and destroy the creatures of the night.
Alucard started to pick up his pace, even transforming into his wolf form that he unlocked during his adventure in the castle for the second time, as he felt a strong demonic presence nearby. Alucard knew that if he didn't hurry, the Daemon Lord would surely resurrect. Dracula's first born did manage to arrive in the nick of time and began to eradicate the sorcerers and witches who wanted to bring the Daemon Lord back. Alucard moved and struck each sorcerer with precision and fluently. Though for this fight, he was using his Dark Pain as he wasn't accustomed to using a sword yet. He still had to perfect his technique. He plowed through his enemies very quickly, but what he didn't realize was that he was fighting near the portal where the Daemon Lord was to appear. Because of his sudden intrusion, the sorcerers had lost focus on the spell, making the portal go haywire and beginning to suck anything in. After all the sorcerers were dead, Alucard withdrew his weapon, but didn't notice the out of control portal. When he did though, it started to gravitate Alucard towards it. Alucard tried to use his Shadow Claws and dig them into the ground, but the portal's suction was too strong and Alucard was sucked into the portal. The portal closed after leaving the land quiet once more.
Alucard pondered whether he was dead or not. He then opened his eyes and found himself in a new location, one completely foreign to him. He seemed to be in a forest but he had never seen this forest before. After the defeat of his father he travelled across the land in order to slay some monsters he was hunting down. What also caught him off guard was the unnatural sunlight that he was struck with. Usually the land he was familiar with did have sunlight, but it was mostly blocked out by dark clouds. This irritated his skin a little bit since creatures of the night didn't really like sunlight. Alucard used to have a weakness to it but eventually built up a resistance. But that didn't mean that sunlight didn't completely hurt anymore. He then noticed a temple in the distance. It was made of stone that looked like it had been there for ages because of the moss and vines that had covered the stones and pillars. It was also formed in a circle, had no roof and had several strange pieces on their own individual pedestal.
"Perhaps for the time being, I can take refuge there. It looks to be abandoned." Said Alucard as he began to move forward. He was getting closer to his new home until he heard a growl right behind him. He immediately drew his Crissaegram and readied his stance. The creature he was facing looked like the werewolves he would occasionally face, except that this one seemed a bit off. It had black fur and was wearing a sort of skull on its head which had red markings on it. It also had bones protruding out of its arms, shoulders and knees which Alucard though was disturbing, but then quickly shook it off.
"What are you? Never mind. It doesn't matter. Your life ends now." Said Alucard with a hint of venom in his voice. He had held a grudge against werewolves as they were the creatures who murdered his wife. Alucard then charged at the creature and swung his sword at the creature. The creature didn't have time to react as Alucard was just too fast for him, one of the perks of being a vampire. A big, red mark appeared on the creature's chest, causing the creature to howl in pain. Alucard smirked at this. The Crissaegrim was still effective against creatures of the night. He then decided to finish this fight and grabbed the beast. He then sliced the beast's head off and started to drink the blood that came pouring out. After he was done his "meal" he dropped the corpse on the ground and proceeded on his path. Unaware of two young girls that just happened to cross his path. One of them stared in complete shock and disgust. The other just kept eyeing his sword and admiring it.
Once Alucard had gotten to his destination, he immediately hid behind a tree once he spotted two other people there. They were both female: one was a blonde who had very big… assets and another who had black hair and a bow on her head. Alucard feared of being caught as he knew what humans did to his kind. Regardless of his intentions, village people would always attack him. Another reason why he stayed away from society. Though it seems that he wasn't hidden as well as he thought he was as he heard a voice call out in his direction.
"Hello? Who's there?" asked one of the girls he previously saw. He figured since he was already caught he might as well come out. Before he did though he saw a small girl falling from the sky. His hero complex kicked in and faster than anyone can see, he ran and jumped into the air, catching the girl before she could hit the ground. He then saw a young boy fly into a tree. If he hadn't caught the girl, she surely would have been joining the young boy. Alucard was too fixated on the boy to notice the stares he was receiving and that he was still holding onto the girl clad in red and black.
"Um, excuse me. Could you let me down?" asked a meek voice.
Alucard then realized he was still holding the girl and gently put her down. Before anyone could ask him who he was he sped towards the boy and helped him down from a tree branch. Everyone was shocked to see how fast he could move. But before they could say anything, they were interrupted… again. A young girl with orange hair appeared to be riding what looked like to be a bear and a boy in green was riding with her.
'Surely this day could not get anymore strange… could it?' Alucard thought as he heard the orange-haired girl singing about a queen and a castle.
"Nora!" Alucard heard an annoyed voice coming from the boy in green and looked back at the now named Nora.
"Coming Ren." Nora said in a carefree tone
"Did that girl just ride in on an Ursa?" Alucard heard one of the girls speak. Then, as if the universe wanted to prove Alucard's previous statement wrong, a loud crash and roar as he saw another girl with red hair and a red and orange attire running from a scorpion like creature.
"Did she just run all the way here with a Deathstalker on her tail?" the girl with the bow asked.
"RRAAGH. I CAN'T TAKE IT ANYMORE! CAN EVERYONE JUST CHILL OUT FOR 2 SECONDS BEFORE SOMETHING CRAZY HAPPENS AGAIN?!" The blonde girl yelled out. This caught Alucard off guard. Not the yelling, but the increase in power. It was a power he never felt before and was not familiar with. Everyone seemed to be together in one big group once this was said.
"Um… Yang?" the girl in red said as she pointed up and the now named Yang lowered her head in disappointment. The universe had proven her wrong. What was up above was a girl dressed in white and had white hair. She was hanging on to a giant bird that was soaring through the air. Alucard, at this point, was just checked out. He began to replay this day's events in his mind again, ignoring the chaos around him. He was brought back to reality by a loud roar and a thud and noticed the red headed girl was at his feet. He helped her onto her feet and regain her balance.
"Great. Now we can die here together." Yang said sarcastically.
Alucard sighed which caught the attention of everyone who was there. They completely forgot about the mystery man since they were focused on the chaos around them.
"No we won't. Stay back and let me handle it." Alucard said in his usual calm, suave voice that caught everyone off guard. He then drew Dark Pain and readied himself for combat.
"Wait. What are you going to do with a metal stick? Especially one that's that small." The white haired girl questioned in a tone which Alucard didn't like.
"You know you shouldn't judge things based on their appearance." Alucard said before dashing towards the monster.
"No. Wait!" he heard Yang call out, but ignored her. The monster swung its claw at the fallen Brotherhood knight but Alucard dodged it with ease. He then swung Dark Pain and, to his audiences' surprise, unleashed a blood red chain that struck the scorpion monster. The beast howled in pain after being struck with the chain and tip of the whip. Alucard kept up his assault, heavily damaging the beast. Before Alucard could finish off the monster, he heard a screech and noticed a hail of feathers coming straight towards him. Alucard cursed himself for not remembering the other monster. Before he could feel death's cold embrace though, the red girl sped towards him and saved him from the deadly feathers.
"Thank you." Alucard said
"No problem. By the way, the name's Ruby." Ruby said
Alucard then regained his composure and went to finish of the scorpion. He was lucky that the monster was still dazed and proceeded to jab the end of Dark Pain into a cracked part of the mask that was on the monster's head. The monster stopped struggling, showing it was dead. He then turned his attention back to the group of teenagers, who all had looks of shock and amazement on their faces.
"There is more to it than meets the eye." Alucard said while smirking as he held out Dark Pain. Before he could react though, someone had taken his weapon from his hand. He turned to see Ruby holding the weapon in her hands. A look of amazement and wonder on her face as she, literally, had stars in her eyes.
"This is awesome. I didn't know such a small weapon could be so deadly." Ruby said
"Yeah, I've never seen someone who wields such a weapon. Who are you?" asked the white haired girl
"I am Alucard." Said Alucard
"Alucard? That's a weird name." said Nora
"Yeah it is… and why are you so pale?" asked the girl in the bow. Alucard couldn't really answer that question. Well, he could but he was paranoid that if he told them he was a vampire they would attempt to kill him. The reason he was pale was because he never feasted on human blood, only beast blood. Thankfully he didn't have to answer as a loud screech was heard
"Uhh guys. That thing's circling back." The blond haired boy said with a hint of worry in his voice.
"It doesn't matter, our objective is right in front of us." The white haired girl said pointing to the temple.
"She's right, our mission is to grab an artifact and go back to the cliffs. There's no point in fighting these things." Ruby said and turned to Alucard. "Maybe you can come with us. You do seem lost." She spoke.
"Run and live. That is an idea I can get behind." Replied the blond boy.
"Very well. I will accompany you." Alucard said, still slightly paranoid being around humans. As everyone picked up their pieces and headed back to the cliff. The bird seemed relentless as it followed them. The group eventually separated and attacked it. Nora had taken out a strange device that Alucard had never seen before and started to shoot at the bird. The rest of the group pulled out some of their weapons, some of which Alucard had never seen before and readied for battle. As the battle waged, Alucard tried to find a vantage point and fight on the bird's own level. He then noticed a pillar that looked high enough for him to jump on the bird.
"Ruby! You and the others lure the bird to that pillar. I have a plan." Alucard called out. To which Ruby nodded in response. Ruby then told the others to lure the bird to the pillar, while Alucard was climbing the pillar, thanks to his Brotherhood training and Shadow Claws. Once he got to the top he saw the bird was about to pass by the pillar. Alucard backed up, ran towards the edge and jumped. The others down below looked up to see Alucard jumping of the pillar and trying to aim for the bird. All of them thought he was crazy for doing such a thing. Even Nora thought that was a little extreme. Then Alucard did something that no one else expected. Wings sprouted from his back as he glided towards the beast, successfully landing on its back. Thanks to the Daemon Lord's blood he was able to sprout wings whenever he needed a boost. The others were just shocked at the sudden revelation.
"Is he a Faunus?" the girl with the bow asked out loud
Back to the fight in the air, Alucard was trying to reach the beast's neck without falling off. He eventually got to the neck and did something unimaginable… again. He bit down, hard, on the beast's neck, sucking the beast's blood. The others had their jaws on the ground as they saw the beast screech in pain and what looked with him biting into the Beast's neck. The blond boy looked green and was about to throw up to what he saw. The creature then slammed into the ground, not being able to continue flying anymore. Once the creature was drained of blood, Alucard threw his head back, releasing the bird from his grasp and controlling his primal bloodlust. Once he calm downed, he turned to the teens. He didn't notice that he had blood covering his mouth, proving that he did drink the monster's blood.
"WHAT THE HECK WAS THAT? DID YOU JUST DRINK THAT GRIMM'S BLOOD?!" the white haired girl shrieked, causing Alucard's head to fall in shame. Cursing himself for giving himself into his bloodlust and hunger. 'Damn you, father.'
"Calm down Weiss. I'm sure he has a perfectly good explanation…" Ruby looked back at Alucard "Do you?" she finished.
"Yes. But first, let us move on to our destination." Alucard said
The walk back was completely silent. No one dared to speak after what they just saw. The others were even distanced from Alucard, fearing that he may drink their blood as well. After a while the group arrived at a big castle like building. They were greeted by two figures. One was a man and he had silver hair and glasses while he wore a green scarf and suit. The other was a women, who was fairly attractive in Alucard's eyes, had blonde hair and was also wearing glasses as well as a white long-sleeved suit that exposes part of her chest, and puffy sleeves that tighten near the wrist before spreading back out near her hands. Her lower body had a black business skirt with buttons running in a vertical line up the front of it and lighter black-brown stockings.
She was wearing black boots with brown heels, and wore a tattered cape that is purple inside and black on the outside, decorated by a row of diamond-shaped brown beads going horizontally across her cape.
"Good to see you made it back ok. Everyone else just got back and waiting to be assigned to their teams." The man then switched his gaze onto Alucard "I see you have a friend with you too. You seemed lost, am I correct? Don't worry, once the ceremony is over, I will speak to you. For then meantime, Glynda will show you to my office where you will wait." The man finished as he walked towards the building where the teens followed. Alucard was left with Glynda, who was studying him. She noticed that the pale man was staring at her and she immediately looked away, a small blush of embarrassment appeared on her face.
"Well, we should get going. I will lead you to the headmaster's office. What is your name anyways?" the woman asked.
"I am Alucard." Alucard responded. He debated if he should go under a false alias while he was here, but then thought against it.
"Alucard…" the woman continued. Alucard realized that she probably wanted a last name, realizing that he didn't give her one.
"Belmont." He responded
A/N: Wow. I can't believe I actually got this done. I originally thought that this would take longer but it actually didn't (though granted it's just one chapter). But yes. Like I said before this story will be using the LoS Alucard and not main series Alucard. He will have some of his abilities from the revelations dlc but his powers will mostly be based on Mirror of Fate. But anyways, please favourite, follow and review. Constructive criticism is always welcomed, but no flames because my smoke detector is very sensitive :/.
Peace
Angel
P.S: shout out to darkjoey for the great reviews. It really means a lot to know someone likes my stories. Also sorry that this isn't a Devil Forgemaster story. Maybe sometime in the future I will write another one.
