Disclaimer: I'm just a little poor girl from upstate who has no money sooo…even if you sue you'll get nothing! Buahahhahahahhahahaha! But um…seriously I didn't make these characters. Just borrowed them for a bit to entertain myself and hopefully others.

Chapter one in a fic that is technically already done heh. Like I've got the outline all written out, and with the mood I'm in I would have probably posted the whole thing in one evening, but its already gone 4 am and I have work tomorrow, so I will vie for keeping my sanity, and will post the rest at different times.

The title, Starless, is based off of the song Starless by Crossfade. I think the song embodies Seras pretty well and alot of the struggles she goes through trying to adjust to being a vampire. Its sort of a dark song, and the issues in it wont exactlly be presented in this fic since this is a more lighthearted fic, but I still like it so nyea.

Oh! Expect the chapter titles to be stupid :3. Okay! Summary basically says it all (or all I want it to) so here it goes!

Chapter One: American Warlock in England

"I warn you both again," Integra's stern voice filled her dark office. She was in her usual spot, Walter to her right, and Alucard and Seras standing before her. The expression Alucard wore was one of excitement, mixed with other emotions that had yet to be identified. Seras looked an easy mix of confusion and worry. "This is highly dangerous territory…even for you Alucard."

"Master, did the Hellsing organization not make me the perfect weapon for your means?" There was offense playing in the tones of his voice. He had always been Hellsing's 'crowning achievement', and now here he was being lumped together with the meager skills of his fledgling. It was rather undignified to say the least.

"Perfect…yes." She spoke softly, her hands folded before her face as she glared dangerously over them at her servant. "However, we improved upon that which we saw failing as far as vampires go. Normal things which would kill a vampire do not affect you, but we have no idea what sort of power this warlock could have, much less how it could affect you. So let me say it once again. Be careful. You're both dismissed."

It was a dark and slightly wet evening. The rains from earlier in the day were settling into the atmosphere, and rising up as fog. The sky was smeared with dark purple clouds from the light of the city that Alucard and Seras found themselves wandering through. They were instructed to be discrete, and nonchalant. As secretive as one can be out in the open. Seras could not help staring at her master, unused to him being dressed in normal clothing and with his hair so short. It had been short before, but not for a good while.

"Master…what do you think an American is doing over in England?" She spoke once again. She had been speaking in pockets, quiet most times, and then just burning with a random question other times. Most of her questions were already answered, and he would rather not entertain her childlike curiosity.

"Were you not paying attention Police Girl?" His response was dry and somewhat taxed, like a parent telling their child the same thing for the fifth time.

"Well…yes I was but…why come all the way to England to enslave vampires like that? Aren't they in America?" She was a little hesitant in her question, especially since this was the fifth time she had gotten this response. She was used to it by now actually, so she wasn't afraid to press the matter further.

"The Americans seem to have a surplus of witches rather than vampires." It seemed he was used to her now as well, since he actually answered.

"So then…what do you think he's doing?"

"Police Girl, are you going to continue this prattle the entire way there?" He entertained her with that one question, which in some meager way was meaningful, but he didn't feel like swapping ideas with his fledgling. Seras seemed to know that as well, and so she stopped asking him about it. Of course that didn't mean that she kept her mouth shut, and for the rest of the trip he had to listen to her gripe about his lack of communication skills.

"Were here." His voice was so sudden that she actually tripped over another gripe she was forming, and that somehow triggered her legs to mess up, and she stumbled lightly before looking up at him. He was already speaking again, lecturing her in the same fashion as he had done when they first encountered Anderson. "Remember, you can't sense a witch's aura the same way you can a vampire. Their very discrete, and elusive."

"Have you hunted witches before?" He seemed to know what he was talking about, why not ask?

"A few times…" His response was distant, his mind not really with her as he began to trace the inhabitants of the city for the aura he wanted. It was faint, and it shifted every couple of seconds. A woman…a man…a child…a dog…a bird. He was quite a skilled Warlock.

"Master I can't sense anything…"

Well there's news. He figured as much, but didn't bother explaining anything as he walked right past her, and headed further into town. It would take too much wasted effort to tell her what he was doing when she would learn soon enough.

"It's stronger here." He paused in an alleyway, so suddenly she almost bumped into his back. "You should get a hazy feeling…when you have it, concentrate on it. It will change if it's him, and then you'll have to hold on to that, and follow it as it goes." He followed the aura till it got strong enough where he was confident she would sense it. If she didn't…well he'd rather not think about that.

A small gasp from his fledgling signified that his faith was not in vain.

"Master it's him, its got to be…it won't stop changing though…it's hard to up." Her voice strained along with her expression as she tried to concentrate hard on the shifting aura of the warlock. He smiled, pleased with her at the moment, and stepped back to let her lead the rest of the hunt.

They moved around, out of the alleyway and a few buildings down with Seras in the lead this time. He said nothing as they moved on, enjoying the sight of her trying so hard for something that took such little effort on his part. It was improvement, and that was always welcome. Of course his joy was short lived, and he stopped suddenly, followed by Seras.

"Master, it stopped changing." She turned around to face him, making sure that it wasn't just her being incompetent. The expression on her master's face though, gave her all the reassurance that she was right on the mark.

Alucard was not really paying attention to her at the moment, his crimson eyes were trained on the building they had stopped in front of. It was honestly not what he expected. Right in the middle of a city, out in the open like that. It looked to be in fine condition as well, as if he had been living in it this whole time.

'Be ready Police Girl.' His voice echoed in her head, startling her lightly. 'He knows were here.'

'Yes master.' She responded likewise in his mind. That must have been why his aura stopped changing, she thought to herself. It didn't make any sense though…why wouldn't he just dissipate his aura if he knew he had been found?

Seras followed Alucard around the side of the building where there was another door, and paused to asses the situation. Seras was still shaky when it came to phasing through solid matter, and he didn't want to risk a blunder…not with what was inside that building. There were a lot of them, but none in the immediate area so they could risk using the door.

He grasped the fine bronze handle of the large door, and eased it open. It creaked lightly as it swung slowly to grant them full entrance into the house. It looked quite pleasant from the outside, but inside it was like another world entirely. Dark and stuffy, and there was a haze of mold in the air. More prominent than anything else, at least to Seras, was the scent of fresh blood. Blood of innocent victims.

Unable to stop herself, Seras wandered from her master's side, and followed her nose towards what looked like a broom closet in the kitchen.

'Police Girl…' his voice rang a threat in her head when he realized she had left his side. It was too late to call her back now though, not when she finally located the scent.

A gasp rang through the dark kitchen as she had opened the closet door and uncovered the brutally murdered corpses of the couple who owned this house.

'Master…it's…' her voice trembled in his mind as she looked over the torn remains. Her words were ignored though, as Alucard suddenly recognized a more immediate danger.

"Damn." He curse allowed, and a gunshot rang through the air to follow it. Seras dropped to the ground with an alarmed and alert expression, and then she realized what happened. A mere inch from her head, staring back at her, was a twisted face with a newly acquired hole in its head. Exploding into a cloud of dust, the creature dressed the closet floor and the couple.

Alucard swore a few more times in his head at her meddling. She could never just listen to orders, she always had to find answers to everything.

"Stay here Police Girl." He barked when she finally came to his side, quite shaken up. "There's no way around it now. Were going to have to fight them." He didn't sound as happy as she had expected him to be when announcing a great fight like this.

"But master…ghouls are hardly-"

"You idiot…these are not ghouls." He growled, not even allowing her to finish the strand of stupid coming from her mouth. "They're all vampires."

Seras gasped when she was suddenly overwhelmed with a great number of auras. Her master was right…these were not ghouls. There were no ghouls. They were all vampires. Scores of vampires were in this house, and she cursed herself for being so stupid. Why didn't she just stay by her master's side? Integra warned them to stick close together on this mission, and she still wandered. What an idiot!

Alucard would have to agree. This may be perfectly fine for him, a cake walk if you will, but for her if she faced this alone, it would be a death sentence.

TBC

There it was. First chapter. I'm usually no good at writing book style, sot his was kind of like practice for when I actually write books. I do have some in mind believe it or not. Anyways, first chapter I left it on a cliffi I think…at least I hope I did…if your bored then that defeats the purpose doesn't it o.0. Anyways, I'de appretiate R&R's. On either the story or the writing style, doesn't matter to me. Usually I don't request R's cause I just assume people read things and if they like it, they keep it in mind, if they don't they discard it. But just for the sake of improvement, I would like it this time :3. Anyways, yeah expect the second chapter…some time. Work all day tomorrow so I don't know what mood I'll be in. Sorry!