Chapter 2: The Dream
That night, Ivan went into Lucina's dream. Lucina woke in a dark place and saw someone walk towards her. Her eyes widened and Lucina bowed before the shadowy figure.
"Hello," she said. "My name is Lucina. What's yours?"
"My name is not important at the moment," the figure said. "I want to see how powerful you are."
Lucina nodded despite the confusion she felt. "Okay... What do you want me to do?"
"You have a great darkness in you. Use those powers."
"How do I do that?" Lucina tried concentrating on them, unsure of how to pull them out.
Suddenly, she felt power within her. Lucina gasped as they came out of her, uncontrolled.
"What do I do?" she asked. "I've never tried to use this before."
"Summon some flames and throw them anywhere you want," the figure said. Lucina nodded, thinking about it. Once she thought she was ready, she threw some flames to their left. The figure chuckled. "Excellent. Now summon shadows. Let's see what else you can do. Experiment with it." The vampire princess nodded and practiced on her powers; she was enjoying being evil and using these powers. The figure smiled. "Excellent. We shall meet again tomorrow night. You will be evil in your dreams, but that will soon change."
"Will you tell me who you are?"
"In due time. It is time for you to wake up."
Lucina nodded and found herself waking up in her bed. Looking around, she slowly got up. She hesitated and walked into her parents' room. Sonic got out of her coffin and turned into Vlad. "What is it?" He asked.
"I had a strange dream..."
"What kind of dream?"
"There was someone talking to me about some dark power inside me..." Lucina trailed off.
Vlad's eyes widened in shock and he looked at Blaze. He glared at Lucina. "Who was talking to you?"
"I don't know." Lucina shook her head. "I couldn't tell what they looked like, and they never told me."
Vlad sighed and nodded. "All right. If you have that dream again, come tell me immediately."
Lucina nodded and walked off. Vlad sighed and turned into Sonic, then looked at Blaze. "What do you suppose is happening?"
"I don't know." Blaze shook her head.
Sonic frowned and nodded. "Lucina was born with great evil in her. Do you think that is now surfacing, Blaze?"
"It could be. What should we do?"
"I don't know."
Blaze sighed. She put it out of her mind and kissed Sonic, then got up. It was time for them to feed. Meanwhile, Ivan was thinking about what had happened in Lucina's dream.
"She's incredible," he said to himself. A smile came to his face. "Imagine what she could do with some training..."
Mephiles rose in his mind. What do you plan to do?
"I'm going to train her."
Of course.
"What do you think of this plan?"
It is a good idea.
Ivan sighed. "I can't wait until she's ready." Mephiles chuckled. "Would you like to help at all?" Ivan asked.
What do you want me to do?
Ivan shrugged. "Help teach her, I guess. There's bound to be something you could teach better than me."
"I will do that."
Ivan nodded and felt the sun rise. He closed his eyes and they went into Lucina's dream again. During the dream, Ivan taught Lucina well. Mephiles watched in amazement.
"She's incredible," Mephiles said.
After the dream, Ivan woke up and went to the mouth of his cave. "Indeed," he said.
What are you planning to do once she's fully trained?
"Turn her evil. She will serve me and we'll wage war against our family."
I like it. How long do you think this will take?
Ivan thought about it. "No more than a week."
Mephiles chuckled and shut up. Ivan smirked and flew off as a bat to feed. He flew around until he found someone to feed off. He landed in the forest and saw a village not to far, then ran into it and began to feed. The humans tried to run from him, not getting very far before he grabbed them. Ivan dug his fangs into their necks, drinking their blood and killing them. When they were dead, he dropped their bodies to the ground. The evil vampire chuckled and flew off. Rather than return to his cave, he hung around to see how Lucina was doing. He saw the vampire family in the village, feeding off humans. Moving closer, he soon spotted Lucina. Ivan smiled and looked at her.
Lucina shuddered and looked behind herself. She could feel someone's gaze on her. "Father, can we leave?" She asked. "I feel like someone is watching me."
Vlad looked over at her. "Of course." He looked around for anyone staring at his daughter.
The vampire didn't see anyone and they went back to the castle. "Do you know who could have been watching you?" Vlad asked.
Lucina frowned and shook her head. "I don't know."
Vlad frowned as well. "You're going to have to be careful from now on. Whoever was watching you could want anything."
"I'll do that, father."
She smiled and walked into the hall to see Tails.