Disclaimer: I have never read the book but I've seen the play, read the book synopsis and seen the movies. Also I have changed it so instead they have a daughter not a son. Just a warning.
Please believe me, I swear on my life that everything I tell you is true. People find me to be mad, I tell you I'm not, it's real, all of it's real. I sound crazy, I know. But they're back, he's back. They thought he was dead, now it's up to me to tell the story that was never told, the story about Mina and Jonathan after that dreadful day. So here it is, something I have tried to warn many about with few choosing to know or face it.
My life started out in an orphanage, the kind where its set up like a penitentiary thats got a spiked gate around the premises. We were treated horribly, usually being punished for petty things such as asking for a snack or wanting to go outside and play. They'd beat us, but never as badly as the the boys. I needed to leave. I got ready by packing my bags and planning the escape. At night I'd sneak into the kitchen and take some stale bread or leftover crackers. Putting on a coat, I left on the eve of my eleventh birthday giving a quick good-bye kiss to my dear friend Lacey. The house was old and creaked, so I did as best I could not to make a sound and wake everyone up. It was cold out, but my body warmed as I struggled to push open the iron gate that had kept me in for almost eleven years. The last thing I heard was it creaking shut and voices shouting.
Eventually I made my way to the docks and snuck aboard a ship going God knows where. It was musty down in the cargo area, they were transporting textiles, grains, and other things. Beside me I found some boy's clothes which I switched into, it'd be easier to survive and get work if people thought I was a male. The ship sailed for a day and a half before arriving at land. It was a large town, but quite nice. As the workers moved the crates I walked off the deck feeling the nice cool air against my face, tasting that freedom.
I stood on the ramp for a few moments taking everything in, the market by the water, the happy people with kids running about with their toys. So this is what it was like outside the orphanage, this is what it was like to be free. For the the first time in my life I felt genuinely happy.
If only I had known that that would change, because this is where it would happen. This is where I would meet Dracula.
AN: Hope you enjoyed. R&R please.