Thank you first of all for clicking on this story. You readers may be wondering what I intend with this tale, first I wanted to explore a side of Alucard we only ever saw rarely his compassion. I did my best to figure out the timeline and placement of this story in the Hellsing universe and I am going to try my best and follow it. So this chapter takes place 20 years after the event of Bram Stoker's Dracula, yes Alucard has been gone that long.

This chapter is somewhat brief, it is only an introduction and expectancy of what is to become of this tale. Also it's important to keep in mind that the year is 1917.

Disclaimers: Hellsing Franchise is not mine so to say Alucard is not mine (unfortunately).

Without further to add enjoy :)


Every Full Moon


Chapter 1: Acquaintance


The sun was setting very slowly, the clouds were tainted with ever so gentle shades of pink, orange and violet.

Evangeline was sitting in a flower patch, still within sight of her parents. She was delicately stroking the petals of a white daisy flower she found. "So pretty." she smiled gently. Evangeline belonged to the Fairbrook Wingates Hellsing family, she had yet to understand the position her family held: she was six years of age at the current moment.

The view from atop the hill was beautiful Evangeline thought, such beautiful colors painted the sky, paintings like the ones her brother made. She felt a little restricted at her young age, she enjoyed to walk outside but it was usually not permitted, she was usually kept indoors and left alone playing with her dolls. No real contact besides her family and the many maids that walked about the mansion.

She was now stroking lightly with her small fingers a dandelion, she couldn't resist the temptation so she picked it, she had heard the maids speak that dandelions brought great fortune and that they granted a single wish to those that blew off every single pappus (the white fuzz) off.

She held the dandelion close to her nose as she wished, " I wish for a frie-" as so it occurs before she finishes her wish the pappus had tickled her nose and made her sneeze. She succeeded in blowing off each pappus but she hadn't finished her wish. She had to find another, she turned to see her parents immersed in conversation with the current visitor so she decided to venture off to find another dandelion.

Scanning the area long and hard with her large and golden topaz eyes, she found another patch of flowers and she was able to find her flower. She picked it but then heard the horses whinnies coming from a stables nearby, they sounded scared she thought.

She placed the flower in her dress pocket and he walked slowly towards the stables, she turned around to see the sun coming down but she was curious. She opened the door, it creaked loudly making her ears ring, it was very dark and it smelled strange, a completely unpleasant place to find oneself.

She left the door open, the horses seemed to have calmed down a great deal, maybe they were scared of the dark like me Evangeline thought. As she opened the door a little further to get a better view of the inside of the stable, a quick black figure faded into the corner of the room and ominous red circles looked in her direction.

She tried not to pay so much attention to the glowing red orbs but to what they belonged to and with the help of the light coming into the room she noticed that the figure resembled more of a person than a monster as she first thought it to be. She walked into the stables and the horses began to whiny with restlessness as if begging her not to get closer to the figure but she was full of curiosity though she was frightened.

Upon closer contact she found that it was a man with long raven hair, he had luminous eyes the shades of ruby gems and he seemed saddened for reasons yet to be known. He continued to pay her no heed, he slumped as if something had defeated him, there were tears rolling down his face but they were a strange shade of red.

Evangeline swallowed before she spoke, unable to keep her curiosity in, "Why are you crying sir?" She asked timidly. He looked at her but dismissed her question and continued to look blankly at a spot on the floor. Evangeline looked over to the spot that the man was looking at but saw nothing of possible interest which made her pout because he was ignoring her on purpose.

She stood their for a second thinking, out of her right dress pocket she carried a handkerchief so she pulled it out and offered it to him but he continued to ignore and stare at the floor.

She huffed angrily and approached him, facing him entirely, standing right in his view. Evangeline sighed, she could see he must be really sad but it's not in a gentleman's way to ignore a lady she thought. So she held the handkerchief tight in her hand and tried to wipe the tears from his face but he took her hand stopping her from touching him. He growled and looked at her, "my affairs do not concern you, leave me girl." His furrowed expression and strangely ominous eyes combined with his anger filled voice was scary but not enough to ward her away.

"You are the one who is not suppose to be here, this is an animal shed. So why are you here?" This shed, and many acres of land belonged to her family, she had no reason to leave, this was if anything her place, the man was the one trespassing.

His expression changed to being slightly surprised by her bravery, he let go of her arm immediately afterwards. He decided to indulge this curious creature. "What is your name child?" He asked.

She smiled lightly and took a step back, "My name is Evangeline Fairbrook Wingates Hellsing, very nice to make your acquaintance." She grabbed the tips of her dress and curtsied. "And you are sir?" She said looking up from her curtsied position.

"Vlad." He responded curtly.

"Well Sir Vlad, do not cry for gentlemen do not do that." She approached him again but with more caution, she took hold of the handkerchief and tried to wipe his tears to which he consented, he closed his eyes as she gently brushed his face with the soft cloth. "All better!" She smiled at him pleased.

All Vlad could think about was how this little girl was unafraid of him: he was a monster of the foulest kind, his appearance alone would scare people into staying as far away as they could, yet this child did not seem to care for it. He eyed her bewildered as she continued to give him a cheery smile. "You do not find me terrifying?" He said taking in her expression.

Evangeline thought putting a finger to her lip while in thought, but she shook her head still smiling, "no, not at all but you do look strange."

"I see…" He murmured.

"Sir Vlad why were you crying, did you lose your mother?" Evangeline had been separated from her mother once at a grand festivity and she was so scared that she cried for the longest time, it has been the only occasion when she has cried and it was the only occasion she believed that could justify crying, that or being hurt by something.

"No, a wish of mine did not come true." He answered truthfully. To his surprise he was being honest with this little creature, but he knew there was no harm in it.

"Evangeline! Evangeline!? Where are you!" Many voices could be heard outside in the distance. Evangeline turned towards the door but then looked back at Vlad, there conversation was not over.

"Here Sir Vlad." Evangeline handed him the dandelion she had kept, "These dandelions have special magic powers, they give you a wish if you blow all of the pappus off." She gestured it towards him, he slowly reached towards it and took it from her small hands. Evangeline could feel how cold he was when their hands brushed, it reminded her of a blanket of snow that tended to cover these lands.

"Evangeline! Where did you run off to!?" The voices were getting closer to the shed.

"It made my wish come true," She curtsied and smiled at him, "farewell Sir Vlad, I hope we meet again." She turned around and skipped towards the entrance.

"What is it that you wished for child?" He said petting the pappus of the dandelion, his eyes shifted from the flower towards her. What could a child born into a wealthy family possibly want, he pondered.

Evangeline stopped at the entrance of the shed and turned around to look at him. He perceived a saddened almost distant and lonely expression, an expression he believed was too mature for someone so young of age to fathom. She smiled at him again but it was a sad smile, "a friend Sir Vlad, anyone who would listen, I do hope we meet again." She lowered her gaze and rubbed her eyes warding the tears that began to fill her eyes, "if not I wish you well, no more tears."

She ran out of the shed and he could hear the alleviated voices of many adults, "there you are Evangeline, how many times must we tell you not to wander off alone? Thank heavens you are safe." The many footsteps came to halt very much near the shed.

"I am sorry, I did not intend to worry any of you." Evangeline's soft voice replied. He heard many footsteps leaving the area until they were all no where near enough to discover him.

He continued to hide in the shed, until the sun had fully set and the large full moon was set high in the sky, radiating a white gleam enough to illuminate the now dark surroundings. Vlad emerged from the shed, the need for being out in the open was comforting him in such time of sorrow. He walked on the hill and stood at the peak an area that would oversee the mansion bellow.

"Mina, I have found an interesting soul like yours, one as lonely but filled with infinite kindness and hope." He continued to walk towards the mansion. As he continued his trek he picked up on an interesting conversation being held in the high third story room.

"Get to bed child, tomorrow is a very special day." Evangeline's nanny named Margaret said chasing her around the room and out the hall until she finally caught her at the edge of the winding staircase.

"I can not, I want to see the gifts!" Evangeline said struggling against her nanny grip, it was a playful struggle.

"You will receive many tomorrow at the celebration for your birthday." Margret said carrying Evangeline back to the room and settling her on her bed.

"I'm too keen!" Evangeline said jumping up and down on her bed, she held a doll in her hand.

"Now, now miss off to bed." The nanny said finally getting a hold of her.

"Oh, alright. Goodnight Margaret." Evangeline said, as she was tucked into bed by her nanny.

"Goodnight little miss." The now exhausted nanny got up and left the little candle on for Evangeline who held onto her doll and closed her eyes. Vlad felt her breath slow and even and could tell by this that she was already fast asleep.

He smirked which surprised him, it had been a while since he held this expression, too long he had mourned for Mina, he couldn't move on the pain of her loss would remain with him but maybe…having an acquaintance wouldn't be so terrible. A peculiar spirit such as his he had found.

The next morning Evangeline woke up and sprung out of bed to look out the window. The sun greeted her warm and brilliant and next to her table she found a gift. An assortment of wild flowers: roses, daisies, tulips and…dandelions. She smiled and notice a small piece of parchment fall from the bouquet.

She unfolded the small letter to find very elegant writing and it read:

Happy Birthday little Evangeline, we shall meet again one year from this date on a full moon. Enjoy, for today is yours.

-Vlad

She smiled wide, one year was a long time from now but, she would have much to tell him when they met again.


So that about wraps up the first chapter! Just some food for thought: Will Alucard come back, why should he (is there an ulterior motive?)

Sorry for being cryptic, thank you again for reading this, see you all in the next update!

-roseimagine