Chapter 2: Welcome to Dracula's castle

I was still running for my life to get away from what had happened. I wanted to run away from this world for what I have done. I wanted to kill myself or maybe even die to end all the pain that I've been through. Finally, I stopped, cleaned off my hand at a nearby public restroom and I chose to sleep in the shade of the tree in order for me to calm down. I rested under the tree, crying.

"What the hell is wrong with me?" I asked myself as I pulled my jacket off and used it as a blanket and then I closed my eyes and rested.

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I woke up and to my amazement; the whole entire place was like a gothic castle. For some strange reason, I felt like I was at home where I belonged, in this unknown and dark fantasy that I was in. My body ached and the tattoos on my body seemed to react to the energy of the castle.

I got up and dusted off my jeans and slid my jacket and backpack back on. There was no sign of any life in this castle. I wanted to go back home, atone for my crime and repent my sins. Then that was when I heard something.

I heard a fierce screech.

Then a giant birdman like creature swarmed down on me from above. I ducked from its attack. Then two more of them circled me. I dodged the second one, but the third one knocked me down, causing me to hit the brick floor with great force.

Then a knight just about my age dressed in black holding a sword came to rescue me. He withdrew his blade and slashed apart the harpies; they fell to the ground. He then turned his attention to me. His eyes looked like they had seen so much sorrow. He seemed to have on black armor and spiked hair.

"Who are you?" I asked.

"My name is Xion; you don't have anything to worry about." Xion said to me. I began to feel that I could trust him with my life.

"I'm Anima Habuka." I said to Xion.

"So, you are the daughter of Soma Cruz, I've heard great things about him, how is he doing now?" He asked

"He was killed by one of Chaos's henchmen when I was little, my mother, Mina suffered the same fate." I told Xion.

"Then you must have the soul of Dracula in you." Xion said.

"But, I'm only a 17 year old girl, how could I have the powers of Dracula in me?" I asked.

"Well, it's pretty easy for you to understand when a person who Dracula has chosen as a host raises a son or daughter, that power is passed onto the offspring." Xion then realized he had forgotten something that was very important.

"Okay, but what are these god-forsaken powers that I have then and how do I use them?" I asked, my voice sounded a little bit annoyed.

"You can absorb the souls of the ones that you killed and use their abilities, by the way, you might need something to protect you for now." Xion explained as he tossed me a sword in a sheathe. I picked it up. It was beautiful. The blade was long and sharp and the handle had a design of a dragon. It was difficult for me to carry though, but I managed.

"Well, I've got to get going, I'll try and find the throne room so we can get back home, and your mother and father once traveled through this castle in order to get home." Then he walked away.

I continued my adventure through the castle, trying to find any other living human. Then the tattoos on my body seemed to start glowing; my heart was pumping wildly for some reason. The glowing seemed to be reacting to four skeletons.

Then they shot up from the wall that they were chained to and they broke the chains apart. They twirled the chains around as if they were about to hit me with them. I withdrew my sword, preparing to battle them. I quickly picked up the blade and slashed apart one of the skeletons, then I slashed off the head of the 2nd one and ended up killing the other two skeletons.

"Go back to the demonic world where you belong." I said as I crushed the skeleton's head with my boot. Then an ectoplasm from of one of the skeletons formed and it flew right into me, I had trouble controlling it as if I had just prepared to vomit. But then I returned back to my normal health. I glanced around the castle, I now had no choice but to find my way back home.