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(Rome – 1909)

"I do not understand. I killed him over twenty years ago. Why are you sending me back?" said van Helsing. "There is no way he can be alive."

"I do not know," said the cardinal. "But you must go. You must make sure he has not been resurrected."

(Transylvania – 1909)

"Promise me you will stay in this house!" said Desdemona.

"Yes, mama. I promise," replied Eliska.

"Good," said her mother. "I shall return in two days' time. Listen to your aunt."

"Yes, mama," said Eliska

Desdemona nodded as she walked out the door. Eliska sand back into her seat. Her mother was traveling to a nearby village to visit a sick cousin. Eliska was staying with her aunt Ksenia. There had been rumors that the vampires had returned after twenty years. Eliska wasn't as convinced as the older generation, but both her mother and her aunt were adamant about her staying inside when the sun went down.

"Eliska, your friend is here," said her aunt.

Eliska nodded her head. A girl walked around the corner. She had a large smile on her face. She sat down at the table as well.

"Are you excited?" she asked.

"About what?" asked Eliska.

"Tonight," her friend replied.

"What is going on tonight?" asked Eliska. "Tell me Daniela. What is going on?"

Daniela looked around the small room before she leaned forward and spoke. "There are rumors," she started, "that the vampires come at night. And that they are coming tonight."

"You sound as crazy as my mother," said Eliska. "I do not believe in such a thing.

"I do, and I plan to watch and see if they do come," said Daniela.

"And if they do? What then?" she asked.

"Well…I…uh…I do not know," said Daniela.

"Daniela, it is too late for you to be leaving. You will stay here tonight," said Ksenia walking into the room.

"Yes ma'am," said Daniela.

Ksenia nodded her head as she walked from the room. Daniela smiled as she turned to face Eliska again. Eliska shook her head as she stood up from the table.

"Goodnight Daniela," she said.

"Are you sure you don't want to watch with me?" asked Daniela.

"I'm fine," said Eliska. "Be careful."

"I will. Good night," said Daniela.

"Welcome back to Transylvania," said van Helsing.

"Yes, well I would rather be in Rome still," said Carl.

"As would I," replied van Helsing.

"What are you doing back here?" asked a villager.

"Rome has sent me," he said. "There have been rumors of vampires again."

"No! No vampires! You rid them from us twenty years ago," said another villager.

"Help! Help!" shouted a voice. "She's gone! She's gone!"

"Carl," said van Helsing. "My crossbow."

"She's gone!" shouted Ksenia. "She's gone!"

"Who is gone?" he asked.

"Daniela!" she said. "She stayed with me last night and now she is gone. I've looked everywhere and I cannot find her."

"You don't think it was…" said Carl.

"No, the vampires are gone!" said a villager.

"No they are not," said Ksenia. "They have taken Daniela."

"Has anyone else been taken or gone missing?" asked van Helsing.

"No," said a second villager. "No, she is the first."

"Then she won't be the last," said van Helsing. "What was she doing out after dark?"

"I do not know," said Ksenia. "I didn't even know she had gone out."

"She wanted to see if the rumors were true," said Eliska. "I told her not to it, but she wouldn't listen to me."

"Eliska," said Ksenia holding her close.

"And you are?" asked Carl.

"Eliska Devonshire," she said. "This is my aunt Ksenia Sterling."

"How did you know Daniela?" he asked.

"She is my friend," replied Eliska. "She truly believed that he was still alive."

"He?" asked Ksenia.

"Dracula," whispered Eliska.

"It seems so," said van Helsing.

"How can that be? You killed him!" shouted a villager. "Anna and Velkan gave their lives to see him dead.

"I know THAT!" shouted van Helsing.

"God bless his soul," whispered Ksenia. "Come Eliska. You are going to visit your mother."

"No! Not until Daniela is found!" she shouted pulling free of her aunt. "She has to be found!" "I will find her," said van Helsing. "But maybe you should do as your aunt says."

"No! I did not try hard enough to talk her out of it. It is my fault Daniela is gone. I will find her!"

Eliska ran into her house, locking the door behind her. Carl shrugged his shoulders. The villagers slowly went back to their daily chores. Ksenia was the only one who remained with van Helsing.

"She has too much of her father's spirit in her," she said.

"Where is her father?" asked Carl.

"He is dead," she replied. "Has been for about twenty years."

"Who was he?" asked Carl.

"Velkan," said Ksenia. "He did not know my sister was with child. Eliska is a Valerious, but she does not know. Please find Daniela before Eliska foes after her by herself."

"I will try," said van Helsing. "Come on Carl."

"Where are we going?" he asked.

"The Valerious House," replied van Helsing.

"Why?" asked Carl.

"Because Ms. Devonshire is there," he replied.

"How do you know that?" asked Carl.

"She snuck out the back door and ran up the hill to the house," he replied. "She knows who her family is."

"Great…" said Carl following van Helsing up the hill.

A/N: This is my first Van Helsing FF so please be kind if you review. Any overly negative comments or comments that are constructive will be removed. Thanks for reading! ~Kat