[A/N] Hey everyone! Welcome to my second fanfic (yeah, I'm keeping count!)! I am so excited, this one took my a bit of time to write. I was reading Dracula the other day, and I wondered what being an Un-Dead vampire would feel like. I decided to write down my thoughts based on Lucy's story, and this is Lucy's POV of her time as a vampire. It was originally meant to be a one-shot, but it grew a bit long, so I split it into bite-sized (literally) chapters.

Oh, yeah, and as much as I'd love to be the one responsible for alll of the vampire stories, yeah, it's not me. All credit goes to Bram Stoker. There is text straight from the book, but... No copyright infringements intended!

Happy Reading!

I lay on my bed, and I felt weak. The good man, Van Helsing, had brushed my hair gently and lain upon my pillow evenly, and I lay there calmly, eyes closed, waiting for Arthur and Dr Seward.

When I heard someone enter the room, I opened my eyes. Seeing Arthur, my heart gave a flutter, weak as it was. Oh, how I would miss him!

"Arthur! Oh my love, I am so glad you have come!" I said lovingly, and he bent over to kiss me. However, Van Helsing drew him back, and told him to hold my hand, as it would comfort me more. He knew me so well, as that was exactly what I wished.

With his warm hand in mine, I gradually closed my eyes, and fell to sleep. My breathing was even and gentle, like a small child's.

And then my breathing changed. My mouth opened, and I heard Dr Seward gasp as he saw my drawn back gums, which showcased my longer canines. I ignored that however, and focused on Arthur. I was in a sort of trance.

My eyes flashed open, and my vision was perfect. In a soft and seductive voice, I said, "Arthur! Oh, my love, I am so glad you have come! Kiss me!" I longed for something more than his kiss, but he didn't know, and like a fool he bent over eagerly to kiss me.

Van Helsing knew of my true intention, and, catching him by the neck, dragged him back with a fury of strength which I never thought he could have possessed, and hurled him across the room.

"Not for your life!" he said; "not for your living soul and hers!" So he knew, then, what was to become of me. A spasm of rage flitted across my face and my teeth clamped together in fury. Then my eyes closed once again, and I breathed heavily.

Soon after, I opened my eyes, and I could see that they were relieved when they saw the softness in my expression. I had to thank Van Helsing, for, without him, harm would have befell my poor Arthur. I took Van Helsing's great brown hand in my thin, pale one, and kissed it.

"My true friend," I said, in a faint voice, "my true friend, and his!" I referred to Arthur, whom I was causing so much pain. "Oh, guard him, and give me peace!" If anything were to happen to Arthur, even if it were by my own hand, I knew that, in this life, I wouldn't have been able to stand it.

"I swear it," said he solemnly, kneeling beside me and raising my hand, as one does when accepting an oath.

He then turned to Arthur and said to him, "Come, my child, take her hand in yours, and kiss her on the forehead, and only once."

He was eager to comply, and while my soul was pleased with Van Helsing's caution, the monster within me, the monster I was becoming, was enraged. I managed not to let it show as our eyes met. He looked so overcome with pain, so helpless, and I felt so guilty for leaving him.

My eyes closed once again, as I was weak, and Van Helsing – that good, pure man – took Arthur's arm, and drew him away from me.

My breathing grew stuttered once more, and at long last, it all ceased.

My soul went to peace, but some dark taint shadowed my body. It was forbidden for it to enter Heaven, and it was cast back down to earth, filled with shame.

This was it, then. My life as a cursed demon.

I heard Dr Seward's voice say, "Ah, well, poor girl, there is peace for her at last. It is the end!"

Van Helsing's solemn voice rung out, and drilled through my very core. "Not so! Alas! Not so. It is only the beginning!"

How very right he was.

[A/N] So, what did you think? Next chapter coming up tomorrow, I promise :) Reviewers get *thinks* blood flavoured cookies! :P