As a lover of Beauty and the Beast tales, and one who is currently obsessed with Hellsing, I decided to combine the two. Probably not the first of its kind, but I felt like giving it a go. I apologize for any OOC-ness. Sometimes it's hard to keep characters IC when throwing them into an environment much different from their cannon one.
I don't think this classifies as a crossover, exactly, because I'm not mixing it with any known BatB tales. I'm just using the basic storyline of BatB (girl meets monster, slowly forms relationship with monster, yada yada...).
That said, I don't own Hellsing or any of the various Beauty and the Beast tales.
Mist swirled about his horse's legs as Arthur Van Helsing made his way through the dark and dreary forest. He had lost the road long ago when some manner of wild beast had frightened his horse, causing the usually-calm animal to bolt in fright. His horse had plunged into the forest and many times Arthur had nearly been unseated by branches that snagged on his clothing. One even nearly took his head off. Only recently had the mare quieted, though she was still wary.
There was no way Arthur was going to make it home within a timely manner at this rate—if he even made it home at all, but he didn't want to think about that. All he had to do was find a structure to sleep in for the night. Hopefully the light of day would penetrate this dark forest and a path would be found that would lead him home. Or he could ask directions at whatever structure he found, providing that it was not abandoned.
At the sound of a twig snapping behind him, Arthur turned, only to see trees in the swirling mist. No one was there. Perhaps it was just his imagination playing up a bit. Yes, that was it…
The leaves on the forest floor rustled to his right. Once again, Arthur turned toward the source of the noise. Nothing was there. His horse began to back up slowly and her eyes rolled in fright. So something was near…
Once more, Arthur head something move. Before he could react, he found himself no longer on a horse and showered in blood.
"Pity. I missed," came a voice from directly in front of Arthur. Startled, Arthur looked up and beheld an extremely tall man with dark hair and glowing red eyes. This man was holding bits and pieces of Arthur's horse and blood dripped down the sides of his mouth.
Arthur's wits failed him and he could only stutter at the sight. This man—no, this monster—was unlike anything he had encountered before.
As the monster advanced upon him, Arthur managed to choke out a plea. "Please!" he cried, "Don't kill me! I'll do anything you wish me to."
"Anything?" inquired the monster, his voice an evil purr. He wondered what the man had to offer. Hopefully it was something good and worthy of sparing the man. His blood didn't smell all that appetizing, but the monster was hungry and horse blood was disgusting.
"Anything!" cried Arthur.
"You have a daughter," said the monster. This was not a question, but a statement. "Bring her to me. My castle is lonely; a girl would be a wonderful thing to have around."
"B-but," started Arthur.
"You said anything," said the monster with a shrug.
"You won't eat her, will you?"
The monster pondered this for a moment. "Perhaps. If she can make herself useful, I won't eat her."
Arthur said nothing, staring at the monster and processing what he had said.
"I'm feeling generous and I would like to have my girl here before winter. I will provide you with a mount who will both see you safely to your home and ensure that I get what is now mine." The monster held out his hand and snapped his fingers, and almost instantly, a dark, scruffy horse appeared out of the gloom. Its eyes almost matched its owner's in its odd red shade. "Baskerville, you know what to do," he said, addressing the horse.
With a snort that the monster took to mean that the horse understood, the horse trotted up to its to-be passenger and prodded Arthur with a hoof.
Removed from his thoughts by the horse poking him in the shin, Arthur stood and mounted the horse. As soon as he was settled, the horse took off into the night.
As the horse carried Arthur away from the scene, the monster turned to leave, but not before he had smiled an insane and toothy smile at the sky. "It's been so very long… I wonder how this new development will work out?" With that, the monster was gone.