Here is chapter one and I hope you like how it turned out :) oh and to warn you I might kill Simon and Mary off within time. Also Dracula will look like the Dracula from Dracula 2000, not the sequel
~Four years later~
How did it ever come to this? How did Lisa Sheepered end up in the family vault that had been locked for the past twelve years? Why was it that a white smokey fog was creeping out of the silver coffin and surrounding the confused and slightly scared young girl? Lisa didn't attend for any of this to happen; she had just wanted a good place to hide.
~Earlier that day~
"Come on, lets play hide and seek." A boy names Robin Cox, a friend and classmate of Lisa's said with a grin on his freckled face. A girl named Sarah Links grinned at the idea while Lisa frowned.
It was a Saturday afternoon and Lisa had invited four of her best friends from school over to play. It had been a while since the last time Lisa had been allowed any friends, seeing as how busy her parents normally kept her. On most Saturdays she helped in the shop, Sundays they went to church and she usually had homework after school. Yet the shop had been closed for today so Lisa and her friends were now playing in her room.
"Well, if we are going to play we have to be very careful; we can't play around my parent's antique shop." Lisa said nervously as she gazed around at her four friends. Another boy, who's name was David Lovely, smiled brightly.
"Don't worry Lisa, we don't want to make your parents mad. We'll stay out of the shop but the front lobby counts as hiding space." The boy said with a goofy grin, the black glasses on his face completing the silly look. The other ten year old children smiled as Lisa nodded.
"Alright, then lets play. From the front lobby to my family's living area's count as hiding space; just stay out of my room, OK?" Lisa asked and suddenly smiled childishly, "NOT IT!" She shouted with a giggle, which was copied by the four other children and said last by Alexandria Fox.
"OK Alexandria, count down from fifty to give us time to hide. The last person found wins. In fact how about we make it interesting. The winner gets five dollars each from the others.." Robin explained the rules. The others smiled at the idea of money and quickly agreed.
"What about me? How will I win?" Alexandria asked, crossing her arms at finding the idea a little unfair. She needed a way to win or else it really would be unfair. Lisa tapped her chin in thought.
"How about if you can find all of us within the first hour and a half? This place is huge so it will take a while to find everyone." Lisa explained her offer. The others nodded their heads in agreement to the fairness.
"Where should I start counting? You said you didn't want anyone hiding in your room but can we use it as the counting room?" Alexandria asked Lisa, thinking of no other place that they were allowed and wouldn't be used to hide in. Lisa thought about it for a moment, thinking no one would go through her things, and nodded.
"Yeah I'm OK with that. Just please don't through my things while I am not here." Lisa said with a slight frown, feeling slightly worried. Her friends were a little confused by her sudden look but just looked at each other and didn't question it.
Lisa had a lot of things most children her age would consider weird for a ten year old girl. Unlike any other ten year old girls, Lisa was more interested in the supernatural instead of princesses. Lisa was more interested in vampires than she was in fairies. She didn't know where this interest came from but she determined it was just in her blood.
So, as Alexandria started to count, Lisa, Robin, Sarah and David filed out of the room to find places to hide. Robin decided to hide in the pantry that was in the kitchen. Sarah hid behind a potted tree that was in the living room. David was a bit braver and, holding his breath, hid in the dirty laundry hamper that was downstairs in the washing room.
Lisa went down to the lobby and headed to hide behind the front security desk; until she saw the family vault. A big grin came onto Lisa's face as she made her way over to the security, blood sample lock. Lisa was told that the vault was once broken into two years before she was born. Her parents told her that a blood sample was the only thing robbers couldn't hack seeing as the Sheepered family didn't donate blood.
Now, she knew it would be cheating since no one else would get it, but Lisa saw it as the best hiding place that would help her get that twenty dollars. Lisa had been wanting to buy the Bram Stoker's Dracula book for a while now but nether Mary or Simon would buy it for her. So she had been saving up to buy herself her own copy. Twenty dollars would help her complete her goal and she could even get the book today if she talked her parents into taking her.
Lisa took out a small silver pocket knife out of her pocket. Simon had given it to her just last month and she kept it hidden, seeing as a pocket knife for a ten year old wasn't normal. Flipping the knife open, Lisa slowly and carefully cut her finger until a drop of blood fell into the lock and began to open the lock. Seeing as she had both Mary and Simon's blood, she was the only one besides them that could open it; if they didn't want her to they shouldn't have told her how.
A strange and cold wind rushed out of the vault to meet the ten year old's tender, warm skin. Lisa shivered but felt a thrill of excitement run down her back; never before had she been in the vault as he parents had forbidden it. Normally Lisa was a good little girl that wouldn't hesitate to listen to her parents and yet she was despite for money for that book. So, taking a slow step, Lisa entered the Van Helsing family vault.
Seeing that there was no lock or handle on the inside of the vault door, Lisa knew she'd have to leave the door open for a way to get out. Maybe her friends would just think that her parents were counting the family money so they wouldn't come in. Lisa didn't think of anyone else coming in the closed store, as their home was upstairs, and deciding to enter the vault to rob it. She did know her parents would be upset in her but it would all be worth it for the money.
Lisa walked down the hall of the vault, confused yet interested in what she saw. The walls were made of dirt with small shelves dug out of them There were a few unlit candles around the room and on a few of the shelves. Yet most of the shelves contained a skull with fangs.
"Vampire Heads. That's so cool (1)." Lisa whispered out loud, smiling to herself as she tried to keep quiet. With the way Alexandria counted she probably already started looking by now.
Lisa suddenly jumped at the sound of a soft, male sigh. The young girl quickly looked all around her but found no one there. Gathering her nerves, Lisa took her eyes off the skulls and walked into another room that help items that looked to be a few hundred years old. There were old candle sticks, books, old paintings and even a horse carriage (2). Seeing as how old these things were, and some even looked rare, Lisa guessed that the items could be worth a few hundred each.
Again Lisa jumped at hearing a sigh, only this time it was closer, deeper and clearer. It sounded like a man but, if it was Simon, he would probably yell at Lisa for being in here, not sigh. The ten year old girl looked down the passage way, noticing another hallway. Curiosity taking the better of her, Lisa walked down the path, only to meet a blocked off door.
"Um, hello?" Lisa called, half expecting somebody to answer her. Instead Lisa was startled as a rat ran by her and pushed its way into a rather big hole into the next room.
Noticing that some of the board that covered the hole were loose, Lisa walked over and took out her knife to prey them away the door. The first two boards were easy for the ten year old, as they nailing had come loose. It was the third board that was difficult. Although there was now enough space for Lisa to crawl through so she just gave up and crawled to the other side.
Instantly Lisa had to cover her nose as the stench of death hit her. All around were dead rats, bird and a couple bats; all which looked to have blood on their fur. Dull sunset sunlight was shining through cracks in the ceiling, surrounding a large silver coffin which was covered in crosses which sat on a slab of stone. Lisa felt another cold shiver go down her back as she saw that most of the dead animals surrounded the coffin.
"Why does mom and dad have a coffin down here? Why was it locked up like this and why didn't they want me to know about it?" Lisa whispered to herself, having completely forgotten about the hide and seek game as well as the twenty dollars.
As if reacting to her voice, a sudden white smoky fog started to pour out of the coffin by the crosses. Confused, Lisa started to back up towards the door she had come through, now feeling a bit uneasy and wanting to leave. Yet, before she could get to the other side, some of the smoke appeared behind her and pushed on her back as if a person. Lisa was only confused for a second before she screamed as spikes came swinging down, now covering the door. Whatever the fog was, it had just saved her life.
"Lisa." A raspy soft whisper of a male came from inside the coffin and Lisa could only stare at it with wide eyes. Even more smoke poured out of the coffin as she stared at it.
'No, it's impossible. It can't be a vampire. They aren't actually real; are they?' She thought to herself but suddenly remembered the skulls and items. Among those items were old looking weapons; vampire hunting looking weapons.
"Lisa, please let me out. Open the coffin, Lisa." The man's voice said once again. Lisa shivered once again although, like the first time, it was in excitement.
"Who are you? Why should I trust you?" Lisa asked, slowly inching closer to the coffin as the smoke surrounded her like a damp blanket. She heard a dry laugh come from the coffin, as if the person's throat was lacking liquid.
"Your parents locked me in here twelve years ago. Don't you want to know the truth, Lisa? Lisa, please set free and I will tell you whatever you want to know." The man's voice pleaded and Lisa gulped, now feeling nervous. Her parents knew about this and yet they never told her. Lisa felt sad, betrayed and she wanted to know the truth.
"How... how do I open it?" Lisa stuttered, not sure if she should be listening to this man, or vampire as she suspected.
Her parents must know about this, if they were truthfully the ones to lock him away. They must have had a reason to keep it secret from her all this time. Yet, what would have been the danger in letting her know vampires were real and there was one locked up in the family vault? A locked up vampire was a harmless vampire in Lisa's eyes. A muffled contented sigh was heard from inside the coffin.
"Thank you my dear. Turn the left cross to the right and the coffin will open." The man instructed and Lisa did just that. The coffin lid swung opened and smoke filled out like hornet escaping poisonous gas.
Once the smoke cleared Lisa saw a pale man with curly brown hair and closed eyes. His clothes looked burned and barely held together. His body looked burn in parts and it made Lisa shiver. (3) The young girl couldn't stop her startled gasp as the man's eyes suddenly opened, looked over at her and he sat up slowly.
"You... you are Mary's daughter. You... are real (4)." He whispered as he reached out a bunt looking hand to touch her face. Frozen in fear and amazement, Lisa couldn't move as the vampire's hand stroked her cheek.
The ten year old girl felt like she was in some kind of trance as she watched the vampire look at her, his fangs poking from his top lip. She knew she should have been more aware and alert, seeing as she was all alone with a vampire that drank human blood. Yet he had mentioned that her parents were involved and it brought up so many questions that she wanted to ask. Yet, before ether of them could do anything at all, a loud siren sound began to go off, causing the vampire to let go of Lisa and look up in annoyance.
"They'll be here soon. I have to go." The vampire mumbled just as annoyed as he suddenly disappeared from the coffin in a puff of smoke. A moment later he was standing next to Lisa as spikes fell down on the empty coffin.
"Wha..." Lisa began to ask but the vampire cut her off by grabbing her chin and making her look into his eyes.
"Shhh. It is time for you to sleep, Lisa. For now I have to go and regain my strength but I promise I'll will return for you, my princess." The man whispered as his green eyes began to tint to red. Lisa found herself powerless and helpless as she began to fall onto the cement ground and the vampire turned into smoke, disappearing through the now night sky seconds before the oncoming built could even graze him.
(1) She doesn't believe in real vampires yet, she is just interested in them and that is what they look like to her
(2) That was just made up by me. I am just thinking of the things I saw and thinking of things that might be down there
(3) He healed a bit from all the animal blood
(4) Next chap will be really long as it will explain this and who shot at Dracula
