You Are Invited

To Remilia Scarlet's 500th Birthday Party!

We hope that you can make it to the Scarlet Devil's birthday party this sunday.

The party will take place at 10:PM at the Scarlet Devil Mansion.

When you get there, just show our gatekeeper, Meling, your invitation and she will let you in. (If she is sleeping, feel free to wake her up for us.)

There will be games, entertainment, and of course, food and drink for Youkai and Humans alike.

You may have concerns about attending the birthday party of a vampire. As the daughter of Count Vlad Tepes Dracul, Remilia swears on her bloodline that all invited guests will not be harmed in any way.

Bringing a present is not required, but would be greatly appreciated...

After reading this section of the letter a couple of times, Alucard dropped It on the cold, stone floor of the Hellsing mansion's basement. He then walked over to his abnormally tall red cushioned throne, which was the only decoration In the large room, and sat down to think.

A couple of minutes ago, Walter had appeared to give him this letter. What was strange, however, Is that it was addressed directly to him. Usually Alucard didn't received letters. This was mostly due to the fact that hardly anyone knew of his existence, but also due to Integra not allowing It. But right now, figuring out how the letter had actually reached him was the last thing on Alucard's mind.

"Daughter of Count Vlad Tepes Dracul..." Alucard whispered. Then he burst out into cruel laughter that echoed eerily throughout the room. He WAS Count Vlad Tepes Dracul.

This 'Remilia Scarlet' was not, In fact, his daughter. Any relatives Alucard may have had were confirmed to be long dead. And yet, this vampire dared to lie about being his daughter. Stupid. If she really had known Alucard, Remilia would know that messing with him would only result in death, and that he didn't do birthday parties.

What was even more interesting was that this party was taking place at the Scarlet Devil Mansion. The SDM was one of the biggest mysteries that the Hellsing organization was put in charge of. Apparently the mansion had disappeared overnight, as if it had sprouted wings and flown off. None of the residents were ever found, and since not many knew about the SDM to begin with, no one knew what was going on or what could have happened. That was, except for a group of camper's nearby.

When they were found, they were hiding in a cave and muttering gibberish. When they had been restored to a sane state, they were questioned. They said that they were camped in the woods near the mansion when the sky and moon turned blood red. Everyone who looked at the moon instantly went insane, and some started to try and kill the others. The ones who remained somewhat sane ran in all directions. Most died In one way or another, but some of them ran for the mansion. They thought they saw demon flying over It, and the screams of dying people could be heard coming from inside. The campers had decided to go elsewhere, and ended up in the cave. All of them committed suicide soon after questioning.

No one had been able to explain exactly what had happened to the Scarlet Devil Mansion, but now due to this letter, Alucard had come up with a theory.

In the letter, Remilia had been referred to as the 'Scarlet Devil'. This lined up with the camper's seeing a demon. As to why the mansion disappeared? Alucard theorized that Remilia knew that this incident wouldn't go unnoticed and decided to go into hiding by moving It somewhere and living In It, and perhaps she'd already done this several times. This would also get rid of all the evidence that she existed and leave Hellsing scratching their heads. As to where the mansion was moved to…

"Youkai…" Alucard smiled wickedly. "So that's where you're hiding. And if that is the case…"

This stunk of manipulation. Letter's from other worlds don't simply just land in his hands, especially since said world was a legend of sorts. But he didn't care. This was bound to be a bucket of fun. And besides, at this point he was accustomed to being used.

"Time for a family visit."

Change Log: Fixed numerous spelling and grammar errors In the first three chapters.

-Altered and added a few sentences that provide more detail, but don't add anything major.

-Added Koishi.