1796
London, England was the place to be. What with them finding all the new world's and slowly becoming the richest place in the world. This type of thinking was what brought Henry the first and his wife Cora here with their teenage daughter, Regina. The street's were paved and the men were falling down drunk as Henry chuckled watching all of this. "Honestly, Henry." Cora said to him as they walked along the street's with their baggage towards their new home, "We could have had all this in Barcelona."
Regina on the other hand, saw the humor in a bunch of drunk men falling all over themselves as well. It was different in England then it was Barcelona. In Barcelona when they fell over, they stayed down and went to sleep most of the time. Here, they got back up and blamed whoever was with them for tripping them. Then there was the fight that really didn't need an opponent. They simply knocked themselves down and that was when Regina made her laughter clear. Henry smiled towards his daughter but Cora groaned and shook her head. "This is no way for a lady to act." She said as she took Regina's arm and led her along the road's.
The three of them walked along for a little while longer before finally coming up to a huge Victorian home, that was filled with people. You could see them in the window's as they partied the night away. Drinking and laughing. The piano played in the background. "Welcome home." Henry said to his two girl's.
"You would think with all this money, they would have been able to afford to send us some transport." Cora said.
"Oh mother." Regina said, "The walk did us well."
"Well?!" Cora exclaimed, "I think I got some sort of disease walking through those street's."
Cora pulled her scarf up closer to herself as Henry led the way down the driveway. Regina had known how to speak English since she was born but her parent's both took lesson's long ago, for an occasion just like this. They had always promised to see the world and begin with England. It had taken many year's but word had come through a letter for her father about a month ago that there was a family in the heart of London who was looking for some help. Between the three of them, they would make it through. Henry as the gardener, and Cora and Regina would become house maid's.
Henry approached the door as he set down the bag's he had to ring the doorbell. A light, chime of a ring and it seemed as though the first never did it so Henry rung again. This time, a blonde woman opened the door. She was drunk, you could smell the Gin off her breath. "Oh look daddy." The blonde said as she finished off her glass, "The help is here."
Regina could tell right away that she wasn't going to like this woman. She seemed too uppity for her own good and it was going to take everything Regina had to hold her tongue around her. But then an older gentleman came to the door and offered the three of them a warm smile. "Hello and welcome to Nolan Manor." He said as the blonde rolled her eye's, "My name is Leopold and this is my daughter, Emma."
"Charmed." Emma said sarcastically.
Leopold rolled his eyes as he moved aside. "You will have to excuse her." Leopold said as he motioned them inside, "Her mother just passed away and we are celebrating her life tonight."
Henry, Cora, and Regina all moved in to the Manor as Cora gasped. "I am so sorry." She said, "How did it happen?"
Leopold closed the door once Regina, who kept her eye's on Emma, walked inside. Leopold went silent a moment and decided to change the subject. "Drink?" Leopold asked, "No need to set you right to work. I can have one of my men take your bag's to your rooms and the three of you can stay here for a drink."
Cora nodded her head knowing what it sounded like when someone did not want to speak about their loved one's gone. She had no idea what happened and she had many scenario's in her head but what had actually happened was something Cora, or any of them, could really come to grasp. Cora waited for her husband to reply. In those day's, women rarely got to make the decision's unless of course, their husband's let them. Henry shook his head towards the man. "Thank you." Henry said, "But the three of us are quite tired with the travel's."
"My driver went to get you, yes?" Leopold asked.
Cora shook her head. "No." Cora replied, "We had to walk here."
Leopold looked towards his driver and sighed before looking back to them. "I am so sorry." Leopold said, "So much going on that I must have forgotten. I will show you to your room's."
Leopold took them up the stairs and in to the attic. "Usually we have our help sleep in bunker's outside but what we need your wife for sometimes, will require her inside." Leopold said.
"What do you need me for?" Cora asked.
In the attic there were two door's, leading to two separate bedrooms. Regina thanked the God's that she would be close to her parent's. She loved London but there was something eerie about this place. "My daughter's." Leopold said, "Both of them have horrible night terror's. Wake's the poor dear's up in the middle of the night. I just need someone to quiet their fear's as they come."
Cora gave a nod, knowing she was more then capable of doing that. It simply took a mother's hand, and though she was stern with Regina, she had that special touch there was no denying that.
Four Year's Later
Four year's had come and went so quickly for all of them there. Leopold was a man who stuck to his study most night's and drank his pain away. Emma was constantly trying to make Regina's life hell on earth by dumping out the water in her bucket and making her have to clean that up, or tracking in loads of mud on the floor's on purpose. Always making racial slur's that had on more then one occasion made Regina rise to her feet and almost punch the girl in the face. She had stopped herself every time, though.
Mary Margaret reminded her of a fairytale character, though. She was a little older then Emma and she was like Snow White, almost. She even spoke to birds! In the four years here, she had fallen in love with a man by the name of Prince David and he had fallen for her. And like a fairytale, the two did not let royalty get in the way of their love. But unlike fairytale's, Prince David had to make the choice between the crown and her. He had done the noble thing and chose Mary Margaret. He was a good man. Kind of like Prince Charming. He was even good to Regina and her family.
But like fairytale's this one had to come to an end as well, and it wasn't going to be a 'happily ever after' for the two. Regina was just coming back from Town when she saw a lone, black horse standing in the middle of the driveway. She had never once saw this horse in her life and that uneasy feeling she had, had when she first got there was beginning to come back. She heard a scream within the Manor. Most people would run the other way, but Regina found herself dropping the bag of flour to the ground and running toward's the manor. She didn't stop until she was inside and saw a man dressed in black standing in front of everyone, who was at attention.
Leopold, Mary Margaret, Emma, Prince David, and her parent's. She had no idea what was going on and why this one man in black had them so afraid. That was until, he had turned and looked at her. His eye's blood red, and a scar making it's way down his face. He smiled at Regina and that was when she saw his white fang's. Vampire. And here all this time she thought they only existed in story book's. "Who... Who are you?" Regina asked in a shaky tone.
"Don't talk to him, Regina!" Henry exclaimed.
The vampire acted as though he didn't hear Henry and just began circling Regina. His index finger to his lips as he contemplated. "You will do nicely." the Vampire said with a small hiss as he pressed himself up against Regina from behind and let her scent fill his nose. He growled and licked his lips. "Very nicely."
"If you touch her, I swear to God!" Cora exclaimed.
The vampire looked towards Cora before stepping out from behind Regina. "You will what?" He asked and then chuckled, "Good. When you do, be sure to let him know that all isn't forgiven."
"What do you want?" Regina asked in a more brave tone now.
The vampire turned on his heel with another toothy smile on his face. "Oh, I like you." He said as he approached her again, "My name is Jack Hyde and you m'lady, are going to become my wife."
"Like hell she is!" Henry exclaimed as he ran towards Hyde.
With one swift movement, Hyde grabbed Henry and ripped his neck clean off with his teeth. Henry dropped to the floor as both Regina and Cora screamed. Cora had moved to her husband and held him in her arms as he slowly, but painfully died. Regina went to be by his side as well, but Hyde had grabbed her and sunk his teeth in to her flesh. He drained her of just enough blood to turn her and then let her go as Regina fell to her knee's on the floor. She looked towards her mother as she slowly turned. Eye's going as red as blood. Her fang's began to grow inside of her mouth. Cora began to cry as she watched all of it unfold. She couldn't believe everything that was happening.
Regina stood as the sire was complete. "And now, I have come and got what I wanted." Hyde said as he looked at Leopold. "Too bad both your daughter's would never fill my need's."
"Watch your tongue!" David said firmly as he glared at Hyde.
Hyde couldn't help the small chuckle that ushered from his lips. "You know, Prince David, there is a fine line between stupidity and bravery. And you my friend? Have just crossed it." Hyde said before looking to Regina, "Feed."
Regina looked at David as all her animal instinct's began kicking in and she lunged at him. Everyone around them screaming with horror, but David with pain as Regina crunched in to his neck and started to suck his blood straight from his vein's. She swallowed every last bit and then licked her lips as she stood. She wiped her mouth and smiled. It had taken over so quickly. The wanting of blood. The sexual desire. All animal instinct's clicked in as she looked towards her mother. "I will be back for you." She said as she turned and walked out the door with Hyde.
Cora watched confused. She had so many questions now. The first one being, "How do we bring her back?" Cora asked.
Leopold shook his head. "There is no bringing her back now." Leopold said, "Regina is dead and now a demon lives within her."
Cora let go of Henry and leaned back against the wall behind her. "How are they walking in the day?" Cora asked, as reality had suddenly hit Mary Margaret and she got down beside her Prince to cry.
"Only the most powerful vampire's can walk in the day time." Leopold said, "Day walker's. Jack Hyde was turned by Dracula himself and Regina turned by Hyde. That makes her powerful. But anyone she turn's would not be a day walker. Blood line runs to thin by that point."
Emma got down with her sister and shook her head. "Don't worry." Emma said, "Even if I have to find a way to have eternal life, I will kill her."
"The only way at eternal life is to become like her, my child." Leopold said.
"Then so be it." Emma said in a dark tone.
Present Day
Robin Locksley ran through the street's of New York late at night. He was chasing someone who seemed much faster then he, himself. It wasn't a vampire, Robin knew that. Just a pip squeak with too much wind beneath his wing's. The chase had led them both down an alley where the man had went straight and Robin quietly turned a corner. The man, needing a breath stopped and looked back. When he saw no sign of the man who was chasing him, a smile came to his face and he laughed. He bent down with his hand's on his knee's trying to catch his breath, when suddenly from out of nowhere, Robin slammed in to him and sent him down to the ground. "Where is he!?" Robin demanded as he turned the man to his back and held his hand up.
"No, no, no, no!" The man said as he shielded his face, "Please don't! I bruise easily."
"Then tell me where he is!" Robin demanded.
"Who?!" The man demanded to know who Robin spoke of, even though he already had a pretty good idea.
"Jack Hyde!" Robin exclaimed, "Where is Jack Hyde?!"
The man began to panic. He didn't want to say anything because the damage Jack could bring was so much more then what Robin could bring him. But, at the same time he didn't want to be punched. Robin raised his fist as the man covered his face again. Suddenly, Robin was pulled off the man and thrown back in to the brick wall behind him. He knew by the strength it was a vampire and he immediately took out his cross to point it at the beast. It hit his hand and the cross went flying down the alleyway, with a small female hiss coming from the vampire who did it.
Robin looked towards the cross that flew and when he did, he realized that the man he had laying there was gone too. "Shit!" He exclaimed, "You made me lose my lead!"
"Not like it was a very good one anyway's." The vampire said as it stood back in the shadow's, not to be seen.
Robin took in a deep breath as he held his shoulder. It smarted a bit when the vampire had hit the cross out of his hand but Robin was distracted by thought. This vampire never tried to kill him which meant, she wanted something out of him. "What do you want?" Robin asked, not wanting to play game's. Lord know's he had his share of games when it came to vampire's over the year's.
"Our wants align, Mr Locksley." The vampire said and now she had Robin's attention.
Robin squinted trying to see in to the darkness. In to the shadows and get a look at who was talking to him. "Who are you?" He asked, "How do you know my name?"
"I have been watching you." The vampire replied. "And we want the same thing so we need to work together."
"Yeah?" Robin asked with a huff. "And what do we both want?"
The vampire slowly slipped from the shadow's. Blonde hair ran down the course of her back, and she had on blue jean's and a red leather jacket. "Jack Hyde and anyone with him, dead." Emma said as her blue eye's locked with Robin's.